Kamala Raised $55 Million in California While North Carolinians Lost Everything

While you were in a canoe watching your home float away, Kamala Harris was selling San Francisco donors photos for $100,000 a pop

Nothing says “out of touch” like a ritzy gala with San Francisco elites while regular people lose their homes and their lives. Entrance fee: A cool $926,600.

As Hurricane Helene smashed through Florida and careened into western Georgia and North Carolina, Kamala Harris was busy wining and dining California’s limousine liberals, from Nancy Pelosi to Stevie Wonder, raking in a whopping $55 million last weekend.

“Oh, it’s good to be home! Oh, it’s good to be home,” the former San Francisco district attorney gushed Saturday, Sept. 28 at the Palace of Fine Art (photo fee: $100,000). “Oh, it really is good to be home and to see so many friends. My goodness. I have known, I mean, most of the people here my entire career. You all are such a big part of my journey, every step of the way.”

At the same time Harris was collecting checks in San Francisco, Asheville was completely underwater, with debris and fallen trees cutting off countless North Carolina towns from help. Authorities reported at least 64 deaths—the current toll exceeds 200—and untold millions without power or cell service. “I’ve never seen so many people homeless as what I have right now,” one woman said of northern Florida.

An elderly Asheville couple and their 7-year-old grandson, Micah Drye, died when they were swept off their collapsing roof by the currents, leaving Micah’s mother the family’s sole survivor. “My grief is unfathomable,” she said through tears.

The scope of the tragedy is almost unimaginable. 7-year-old Harmony Taylor and her 4-year-old younger brother, Derrick, died when wind toppled a giant oak tree onto their bedroom as they slept in Sandersville, Georgia (pop.: 6,000).

62 miles southwest in Augusta, Georgia, 10-year-old Izaac Donehoo and his great-grandfather were crushed to death by a falling tree, just weeks before the boy’s 11th birthday.

Affected Areas Look Like War Zones

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp described the carnage in western Georgia as “look[ing] like a bomb went off.”

But Kamala was too busy whisking off to sunny Los Angeles and the bevy of Hollywood actors awaiting her there to comment (luncheon tickets: $250,000). “Good afternoon, L.A.! Oh, it’s good to be home,” she said (again). “Oh, it’s good to be with so many friends, and I’ve known so many of you my whole career.

“I—I mean, I look around this room, and there are people who have been with me on this journey every step of the way, and I’m so thankful to all of you. Thank you. Truly,” Harris continued.

At the same time, Helene’s torrential downpour was just beginning to subside on Sunday, Sept. 29, leaving Buncombe County officials overwhelmed by the “biblical devastation” and hundreds of survivors huddled on rooftops.

By that time, the picturesque towns of Chimney Rock and Lake Lure, just 35 miles from Asheville, had virtually ceased to exist.

In Thomson, Georgia, a brother rushed to help his sister and her two newborn twins, Khyzier and Khazmir, only to discover a large tree had crashed through their trailer roof on top of the huddled family. All three were found dead. The babies are the youngest reported victims of Hurricane Helene.

In North Carolina’s Macon County, a respected courthouse security officer drowned when his truck was swept away by floodwaters.

Two women died when the Tennessee factory where they worked was flooded. Three more of their co-workers are still missing.

In South Carolina’s Saluda County, a pair of heroic firefighters died when their firetruck was struck by a falling tree on the way to extinguish a blaze.

A Failure of Leadership

Now, more than ever, Americans need leadership to guide them through this crisis. Nobody blames Kamala Harris for causing the hurricane; but they should blame her, the sitting Vice President, for utterly failing to take control of the situation and steer resources to the devastated areas.

Harris has prioritized public photo ops instead of people. She’s put illegal aliens above Americans, steering over $1 billion away from FEMA emergency services to the migrants illegally crossing our wide-open southern border. And North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) has done little to help the people in the western part of his state, instead applauding lamely the Harris-Biden administration’s limp hurricane response. Is this really what North Carolinians want for another four years?

(READ MORE: Why is Kamala Harris Spending FEMA Funds on Illegal Aliens Instead of Hurricane Victims?)

Hayden Ludwig is Founder and Managing Editor of Restoration News, launched in 2023, and Executive Director for Research at Restoration of America. He specializes in election integrity and dark money, authoring the first investigations into the 2020 election "Zuck Bucks" scandal and unearthing the world's largest dark money network run by Arabella Advisors. He publishes regularly at RealClearPolitics, American Greatness, and the American Conservative.

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