St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer told MSNBC on Monday that FEMA had yet to assist after the city was ravaged by a tornado days prior.
The tornado first touched down in St. Louis on Friday. The storm — reportedly 20 miles in length at its strongest — killed at least five people in St. Louis County at the time of writing. Spencer reported during a press conference that 38 people had been injured, and that number was expected to increase as recovery efforts continued.
Friday’s tornado was one of many that affected the region over the weekend, with Kentucky also being hit by storms. At the time of writing, dozens of the dead had already been found.
St. Louis voted overwhelmingly for Kamala.
Which is why they’re not getting the requested aid… Well, actually, the local emergency manager has to make the disaster declaration to the state and have all their local and mutual aid resources exhausted. Then if the state approves a state disaster, the governor can request a presidential disaster declaration (PDD).
IF the cheeto agreed, that would free up a willing FEMA to respond to requests. However, we now have a FEMA Director that wants to eliminate the agency, so who knows. The whole thing is a shitshow.
And all their electoral votes went to Trump …
Which is a complaint about the electoral college, not STL voters. STL voted for a strong FEMA. But the city is getting trashed on both sides because conservatives hate them for being liberal, while liberals hate them for being in a conservative state.
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You obviously don’t know much about Missouri. St Louis may as well be a different state than the rest of Missouri when it comes to demographics. The city is about 42% white, while the state as a whole is 77% white, for example. The Black people living in Missouri largely don’t have white friends and family living in the countrysides they could have pleaded with to vote for Harris.
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Bruh what the fuck are you smoking?
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You seem to be sucking down some aggressively hateful ignorance.
We’re making the case that St Louis, which overwhelmingly voted for Harris, and was recently struck by a tornado, does not deserve to be lumped in with the rest of Missouri. They share very little in common politically, geographically, or demographically. The only thing they really share is a border on the Missouri River and a section of I-70.
Nobody here is praying for Uncle fuck and Jimbo down in Jeff City.
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You might want to check your carbon monoxide detector buddy