So it’s come to this.
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden was forced to address the bonkers right-wing conspiracy that the government is controlling the weather, steering catastrophic hurricanes into conservative communities in an effort to influence the 2024 election.
"Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene … is now saying the federal government is literally controlling the weather,” he said during a briefing on the federal response to Hurricane Helene and preparations for Hurricane Milton. “We're controlling the weather? It's beyond ridiculous. It’s got to stop.”
Biden also debunked the far-right claim boosted by Donald Trump, his family, and his allies that the government redirected disaster-relief aid to migrants—wrong—and would provide only $750 to the victims of Hurricane Helene—also wrong. To dispel these falsehoods, the Federal Emergency Management Agency had to create a whole rumor-debunking section of its website.
Is there anything that the GOP won’t politicize? Aid? Politicized. Death? Politicized. Acts of God? Caused by the Democrats.
