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They will try something. The people in charge are a hostile alien culture that views power as their birthright. Some of them I'm sure cynically adopt the Orange Hitler talking points as a rhetorical gambit, but a majority are true believers. What unites them is a genuine hatred for the people they govern; we are an obstacle to be torn down, not a constituency to be served.
It explains their comical overreaction to Trump. His campaign promises are all built around the idea that the government has obligations that tie them to the nation. Not to an ideology, or an economic abstraction, but to the people actually here. Sure, Trump is as cynical as any politician, and he's using this particular strategy because it's an effective path to power, but the mere suggestion of an obligation to the plebs is deeply, deeply disgusting to the elite set.
Their clown world behavior is best viewed not just as an allergic reaction to having to reconcile with the governed, but full on anaphylactic shock. They are in an existential panic.
Right now, they rule by primarily using soft power to manipulate procedural outcomes. If Trump pulls off an unambiguous win, they will try propaganda first. After that will come the legal shenanigans, up to and including changing the definitions of words to invoke whatever law grants them the exception needed to dictate the result they want. If that doesn't work, they will attempt a pivot to overtly exercising hard power.
They have the infrastructure for it. Not in the sense of being able to order the Air Force to bomb Mar-a-Lago, but a key detail of the Time Magazine piece was the ability to get on conference calls with hundreds of organizations to coordinate (((protests))). That network may be more fragmented and less enthusiastic than it was in 2020, but it's still there. They don't have to organize all that much political violence, just make it visible enough so that the state security apparatus has the pretext to step in and start calling the shots.
What remains to be seen is if they have the will and the competency to see it through. I'm with you, in that they will probably spend their time stepping on rakes. I'll stockpiling ammunition and popcorn.
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He also help overthrew multiple Arab governments resulting in giving free reign to Isis and other terrorists more control over the middle east for awhile and help resurrect the African slave trade.
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Didn't she already talk to the FBI?
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Yeah why not
ah whatever, Trevor is just jealous that jewish comedians are funnier than he is.
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If that tape existed it'd have been played on CNN on a loop nonstop since 2016
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I mean they tried.
No one really cared if Kamala was next door to a shooting.
Should be a hint that nobody gives a shit about Jan 6th but hey, disassociating is a form of coping.
Still waiting on muh 6 gorillion cops shot in the nards during Jan 6th Waltz. I belieb in you, fuck up the lies even more than the local drunk slut, knucklehead.
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I mean in 2016 he went on Fallon(?) and basically came across well enough that Fallon almost got removed from the show.
He can’t go on late night shows without hostility. His current method is circumventing his blackout by going on podcasts.
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Gunther Fehlinger has officially endorsed Donald Trump, let's go!
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Wait, is the utter ignorance of history going to force me to defend a half smart nigger from south africa now?
The founding fathers WERE domestic terrorists! what the fuck is retarded about what noah said?
That coats guy was lauded as a genius author when he was shitting on america, it's only became fashionable to take a big shit on him now because of his anti israel stance. Like a lot of the FREE PALESTINE faggots, it's not any stance against israel is doing, it's because they see israel as colonizers.
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Yes, a town hall about “issues impacting women” sounds like a mine field. Things like deportation, limiting immigration, and locking up criminals remain tempting but hazardous topics thanks to BE KIND propaganda. Until this leftist brainwashing is challenged with a moral imperative, it remains perilous for the right.
White women are bombarded with things like The Ugly Truth about Your Favorite Fall Spice (nutmeg and the slave trade); no one talks about The Hidden Injustice of Immigration (3rd world brain drain, exploitive labor, child trafficking). Could such an ideological escape route be the solution to leftist self immolation? What about the radical notion that women don’t have to sacrifice themselves for (brown) men?
Rate me with rainbows, but if we want to change minds we need to meet people where they are and create arguments that mean something to them. Does anyone here do outreach on SM?
White women are bombarded with things like The Ugly Truth about Your Favorite Fall Spice (nutmeg and the slave trade); no one talks about The Hidden Injustice of Immigration (3rd world brain drain, exploitive labor, child trafficking). Could such an ideological escape route be the solution to leftist self immolation? What about the radical notion that women don’t have to sacrifice themselves for (brown) men?
Rate me with rainbows, but if we want to change minds we need to meet people where they are and create arguments that mean something to them. Does anyone here do outreach on SM?
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And I don't think that these podcasters would have gone unscathed in 2020 had they invited Trump.
The propaganda machine worked hard and in overtime 4 years ago. It was downright dystopian (and it still is in many ways, but not nearly as bad now).
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I heard there is a rally today where Trump will talk about his "Operation Aurora" plan to get rid of migrant gangs. What time does it start?
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Remember: Kamala was in the DNC when the DNC pipe bomb was discovered on J6, and the media doesn't talk about how she was mere feet from what the FBI called a viable explosive device. (Were senators supposed to be sitting in their party HQ on J6? I forget.)
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I don't know.
Here's the link:
They sometimes show the $14.88 Mypillow sale. Sometimes show the ad of Mike saying $14.88. A real head turner.
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Can't stop, won't stop (unless it gets above 32°F)
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Using the IRS to target people/orgs you don't like.
If the liberal extremists rebell and start wreaking havoc, it would be the best time for the DNC to get rid of them while also being able to point fingers at Trump for the reason why Antifa got arrested (and not the fact that they're all terrorists). All the DEI judges have to do is throw the book at the most useful of idiots and then the DNC can regroup in time for midterms and the 2028 election cycle.
Might explain why they're seemingly going through the motions with heels up Harris and Tampon Tim but this kind of thinking needs a small bit of forethought and I don't know if the democrats are capable of that right now.
Might explain why they're seemingly going through the motions with heels up Harris and Tampon Tim but this kind of thinking needs a small bit of forethought and I don't know if the democrats are capable of that right now.
Back me up!
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I do think the podcast he has gone on all had the "I don't give a fuck, I made my own audience and media" drive that Joe Rogan start up. The fact that the propaganda machine has gone into overdrive makes the podcast Trump has been on more authentic and more desirable to listen too, not less.
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This happened when the failed assassination happened. Trump became a victim and an underdog and Americans like both. The arrests and trials were already setting that up, but the assassination was the kicker.
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DHS chief Mayorkas spends under six hours in Helene-hit NC before bolting to grab sushi at DC Nobu: ‘Complete failure’
New York Post (archive.ph)
By Josh Christenson and Steven Nelson
2024-10-11 17:35:08GMT
New York Post (archive.ph)
By Josh Christenson and Steven Nelson
2024-10-11 17:35:08GMT
Something’s fishy about this.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas spent less than six hours visiting hurricane-hit areas of North Carolina on Thursday — before retreating to Washington to grab an early takeout dinner at Nobu.
Mayorkas touched down in the Tar Heel State around 10 a.m. before jetting back to the nation’s capital, where he was spotted by The Post at 5:15 p.m. carrying bags of food from the posh international Japanese restaurant chain — where sushi and sashimi selections are priced at $60 a plate and the highest-grade Wagyu steaks go for $40 per ounce.
A photographer snapped the apparently peckish Mayorkas, 64 — still wearing his navy blue suit and white dress shirt — exiting the Northwest DC establishment at 5:30 p.m., just 30 minutes after it opened.
The cabinet official was home by 5:40 p.m., dodging DC’s notorious rush-hour traffic.
Mayorkas had returned to Washington at 4 p.m. after remotely joining a White House press briefing shortly after 1 p.m. and “speaking firsthand” with FEMA responders, “impacted communities” and other “first responders on the ground” in Raleigh.
“This Administration has completely failed the American people, again,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told The Post. “It is offensive that the secretary is wasting time eating over-priced sushi rolls at fancy restaurants, when he should be working to get disaster relief out the door immediately for the people in desperate need of basic necessities.”
Mayorkas touched down in the Tar Heel State around 10 a.m. Thursday but jetted back home in time for takeout at 5:15 p.m. from Nobu. Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas/X
He had arrived back in DC at 4 p.m. after joining a White House press briefing remotely and "speaking firsthand" with FEMA employees and other "first responders on the ground" in Raleigh. Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas/X
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was spotted leaving the swanky Washington, DC, Japanese sushi restaurant Nobu — hours after trumpeting his hurricane response success.
Johnson has himself spent two working days visiting hurricane victims in Florida and western North Carolina and held a press conference earlier this week in Asheville.
“I think it’s important for the speaker of the House to come,” he told reporters Wednesday. “It’s symbolic to show that it’s the whole of Congress that has our eyes and our attention, our prayers on the community here and those who are affected. We want them to know they will not be forgotten and that we will get recovery dollars to these communities as is needed.”
Mayorkas previously visited North Carolina on Oct. 2, when he joined Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and President Biden for an aerial tour of storm-wrecked regions.
Lawmakers who oversee the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and serve in states ravaged by Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton said Thursday’s pictures proved Mayorkas had committed dereliction of duty in the midst of once-in-a-century disasters.
“It just shows you that he’s not a hands-on individual,” Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.) told The Post from his home in Miami. “He’s shown over his last three and a half years to be totally incompetent in his job.”
“To be honest with you, I haven’t seen him,” said Gimenez, who was scheduled Friday to tour the devastation from Milton on Florida’s Gulf Coast alongside Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.). “I see more, you know, it’s the mayors and the governors that are coming out, and police and firefighters are the ones that are coming out that I’ve seen.”
Mayorkas, 64, was home within an hour of the sushi restaurant opening at 5 p.m. with two bags full of the Far Eastern fare in hand, still wearing his navy blue suit and white dress shirt from work. Matthew Symons for NY Post
“He’s been a complete failure as the secretary of Homeland Security, just as this administration has been a complete failure,” he added, pointing to Mayorkas’ failure to secure the southern border that led to his impeachment by House Republicans in February.
“The House appropriately impeached Mayorkas for lying to Congress (which is a felony), but Senator Schumer dismissed the case claiming it didn’t rise to the level of a misdemeanor,” noted Senate Homeland Security Committee member Ron Johnson (R-Wis.). “Mayorkas’ most recent dereliction of duty dealing with hurricane relief only confirms he should have been convicted and removed from office.”
Gimenez, a former firefighter who sits on the House Homeland Security Committee that led the impeachment effort, couldn’t help but lighten the mood a bit: “If I were bothered every time that this administration does something wrong, I’d be needing psychiatric help.”
The fancy feast even appalled Democrats, with one congressional source, who asked not to be identified by name, telling The Post it was “the definition of insensitive and the epitome of elitism.”
A second Democratic source resorted to punnery, telling The Post: “During a hurricane, particularly a storm like Milton, the protocol is all hands on deck — 24/7 work to support the area that has been hit and to flex the competency of the administration amid crisis.
“However, it appears that when it comes to being a roll model in crisis, Secretary Mayorkas thinks of sushi,” this person added.
Mayorkas appeared virtually for around 23 minutes on Thursday to discuss hurricane recovery efforts, according to the White House press pool. AFP via Getty Images
At least 232 Americans have been killed by Helene, which made landfall in Florida Sept. 26 before sweeping across Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee and North Carolina.
Another 16 have died since Hurricane Milton struck Florida on Oct. 9, ripping the dome off the Tampa Bay Rays’ home of Tropicana Field and causing more than $100 billion in damage.
Mayorkas appeared before the White House press corps for just 23 minutes on Thursday to discuss hurricane recovery efforts.
Another 16 have died from Hurricane Milton in Florida, which ripped the dome off the Tampa Bay Rays' Tropicana Field. AFP via Getty Images
But he declined to answer any questions about an Afghan national indicted earlier this week for plotting an ISIS-inspired Election Day terror attack.
The 27-year-old suspect, Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, entered the US after the Biden administration’s chaotic withdrawal from Kabul in August 2021 and settled in Oklahoma City.
Subsequent reports show Tawhedi previously worked for the CIA as a security guard — but Mayorkas was mum about the migrant’s background or why he was allowed to stay in the country on a special immigrant visa after receiving humanitarian parole.
The Homeland Security secretary dodged questions about an Afghan migrant who was arrested for allegedly plotting an Election Day terror attack. AFP via Getty Images
“I’d be very pleased to answer your question in a different setting, but we are here to talk about emergencies and the support that we can deliver to people in desperate need,” the DHS secretary dodged in response to questioning from Fox News correspondent Jacqui Heinrich.
As Floridians were battening down the hatches for Hurricane Milton last weekend, Mayorkas was snapped by the Washington Free Beacon at the pricey menswear store Sid Mashburn in DC’s historic Georgetown neighborhood.
The DHS head strutted through the brick-and-mortar retailer in a smart navy blue polo, light khakis and New Balance tennis shoes while eyeing more items for his own wardrobe — possibly the $795 corduroy Butcher Jacket with a trendy camouflage design.
The Homeland Security chief was snapped by a photographer exiting the Northwest DC establishment Nobu at 5:30 p.m., a half-hour after it opened. Matthew Symons for NY Post
Sid Mashburn’s suede and leather penny loafers are priced at $350 a pair, while black calfskin loafers have a sticker tag of $550. Classic wool suits run as high as $3,695 a pop.
“Luxury shopping and now dinner at Nobu?” Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC) told The Post in disbelief. “Mayorkas seems to care far more about keeping up with the Kardashians than any sort of disaster response. The only thing we’re seeing him work hard at is allowing millions of illegal aliens, including potential terrorists, into the country.
“I’ve seen the devastation from Helene firsthand, and heard from countless North Carolinians who are rightfully appalled by the slow federal response. Let me tell you, the people of western North Carolina aren’t eating fancy dinners at Nobu right now,” thundered Bishop. “Mayorkas should’ve resigned long ago, but he clearly has no shame.”
Rep. Dan Bishop was outraged by the posh dinner as North Carolinians hit with severe flooding struggled. AP
“If you’re gonna be in charge of an operation … you need to go to the areas that are affected and you need to see it firsthand,” Gimenez emphasized. “Whenever we had any issues here in Miami-Dade County, I went out myself and took a look at what the heck is going on. You got to put your feet on the ground.
“You need to have boots on the ground, you know, a knowledge base from which you make those decisions — just can’t sit in an office and think that, ‘OK, we’re gonna do this, this and this’ without actually going out there and seeing it firsthand, seeing it firsthand is invaluable,” he said.
Of Mayorkas and FEMA Administrator Deanna Criswell, Gimenez gave the withering assessment: “They’re not really good operations people.”
As Floridians were battening down the hatches for Hurricane Milton last weekend, Mayorkas was also snapped by a Washington Free Beacon reporter at the pricey menswear store Sid Mashburn. Joe Simonson/Washington Free Beacon
Congress authorized more than $20 billion for disaster relief funding right before going into recess Oct. 1, but Criswell revealed in a briefing earlier this week that $9 billion has already been spent.
But only $210 million in aid has gone to the affected regions, with $11 billion still left over in disaster relief funding.
The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Inspector General audited FEMA in August and found at least $7 billion could potentially be redirected toward disaster relief.
Only a fraction of the aid, $210 million, has gone to the affected regions, with $11 billion left over in disaster relief funding. AP
Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) accused Mayorkas of trying “to politicize a tragedy for personal gain” when the secretary claimed last week: “FEMA does not have the funds to make it through the season.”
“We supplied FEMA with the resources that it needed to respond directly,” Johnson said during his Wednesday presser in Asheville after touring the devastation. “As of Monday, only 1% of those funds had actually been distributed. There’s concern that the federal response was too slow, and that needs to be addressed. But FEMA and the administration have the resources necessary right now to address the immediate needs.”
Following the publication of this story, a DHS spokesperson told The Post Mayorkas was picking up takeout for his wedding anniversary — though a DC insider revealed Friday the secretary is also a semi-frequent customer at the eatery on non-special occasions.
The secretary received multiple briefings with FEMA team members during his two visits to North Carolina, the DHS flack added, and provided updates to the president on the operational response to the hurricane’s destruction.
Mayorkas has not, however, directly visited affected areas, the rep continued, since that would divert resources away from responders on the ground there.
A Nobu rep declined to comment on the cost of Mayorkas’ meal.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas spent less than six hours visiting hurricane-hit areas of North Carolina on Thursday — before retreating to Washington to grab an early takeout dinner at Nobu.
Mayorkas touched down in the Tar Heel State around 10 a.m. before jetting back to the nation’s capital, where he was spotted by The Post at 5:15 p.m. carrying bags of food from the posh international Japanese restaurant chain — where sushi and sashimi selections are priced at $60 a plate and the highest-grade Wagyu steaks go for $40 per ounce.
A photographer snapped the apparently peckish Mayorkas, 64 — still wearing his navy blue suit and white dress shirt — exiting the Northwest DC establishment at 5:30 p.m., just 30 minutes after it opened.
The cabinet official was home by 5:40 p.m., dodging DC’s notorious rush-hour traffic.
Mayorkas had returned to Washington at 4 p.m. after remotely joining a White House press briefing shortly after 1 p.m. and “speaking firsthand” with FEMA responders, “impacted communities” and other “first responders on the ground” in Raleigh.
“This Administration has completely failed the American people, again,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told The Post. “It is offensive that the secretary is wasting time eating over-priced sushi rolls at fancy restaurants, when he should be working to get disaster relief out the door immediately for the people in desperate need of basic necessities.”
Mayorkas touched down in the Tar Heel State around 10 a.m. Thursday but jetted back home in time for takeout at 5:15 p.m. from Nobu. Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas/X
He had arrived back in DC at 4 p.m. after joining a White House press briefing remotely and "speaking firsthand" with FEMA employees and other "first responders on the ground" in Raleigh. Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas/X
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was spotted leaving the swanky Washington, DC, Japanese sushi restaurant Nobu — hours after trumpeting his hurricane response success.
Johnson has himself spent two working days visiting hurricane victims in Florida and western North Carolina and held a press conference earlier this week in Asheville.
“I think it’s important for the speaker of the House to come,” he told reporters Wednesday. “It’s symbolic to show that it’s the whole of Congress that has our eyes and our attention, our prayers on the community here and those who are affected. We want them to know they will not be forgotten and that we will get recovery dollars to these communities as is needed.”
Mayorkas previously visited North Carolina on Oct. 2, when he joined Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and President Biden for an aerial tour of storm-wrecked regions.
Lawmakers who oversee the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and serve in states ravaged by Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton said Thursday’s pictures proved Mayorkas had committed dereliction of duty in the midst of once-in-a-century disasters.
“It just shows you that he’s not a hands-on individual,” Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.) told The Post from his home in Miami. “He’s shown over his last three and a half years to be totally incompetent in his job.”
“To be honest with you, I haven’t seen him,” said Gimenez, who was scheduled Friday to tour the devastation from Milton on Florida’s Gulf Coast alongside Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.). “I see more, you know, it’s the mayors and the governors that are coming out, and police and firefighters are the ones that are coming out that I’ve seen.”
Mayorkas, 64, was home within an hour of the sushi restaurant opening at 5 p.m. with two bags full of the Far Eastern fare in hand, still wearing his navy blue suit and white dress shirt from work. Matthew Symons for NY Post
“He’s been a complete failure as the secretary of Homeland Security, just as this administration has been a complete failure,” he added, pointing to Mayorkas’ failure to secure the southern border that led to his impeachment by House Republicans in February.
“The House appropriately impeached Mayorkas for lying to Congress (which is a felony), but Senator Schumer dismissed the case claiming it didn’t rise to the level of a misdemeanor,” noted Senate Homeland Security Committee member Ron Johnson (R-Wis.). “Mayorkas’ most recent dereliction of duty dealing with hurricane relief only confirms he should have been convicted and removed from office.”
Gimenez, a former firefighter who sits on the House Homeland Security Committee that led the impeachment effort, couldn’t help but lighten the mood a bit: “If I were bothered every time that this administration does something wrong, I’d be needing psychiatric help.”
The fancy feast even appalled Democrats, with one congressional source, who asked not to be identified by name, telling The Post it was “the definition of insensitive and the epitome of elitism.”
A second Democratic source resorted to punnery, telling The Post: “During a hurricane, particularly a storm like Milton, the protocol is all hands on deck — 24/7 work to support the area that has been hit and to flex the competency of the administration amid crisis.
“However, it appears that when it comes to being a roll model in crisis, Secretary Mayorkas thinks of sushi,” this person added.
Mayorkas appeared virtually for around 23 minutes on Thursday to discuss hurricane recovery efforts, according to the White House press pool. AFP via Getty Images
At least 232 Americans have been killed by Helene, which made landfall in Florida Sept. 26 before sweeping across Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee and North Carolina.
Another 16 have died since Hurricane Milton struck Florida on Oct. 9, ripping the dome off the Tampa Bay Rays’ home of Tropicana Field and causing more than $100 billion in damage.
Mayorkas appeared before the White House press corps for just 23 minutes on Thursday to discuss hurricane recovery efforts.
Another 16 have died from Hurricane Milton in Florida, which ripped the dome off the Tampa Bay Rays' Tropicana Field. AFP via Getty Images
But he declined to answer any questions about an Afghan national indicted earlier this week for plotting an ISIS-inspired Election Day terror attack.
The 27-year-old suspect, Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, entered the US after the Biden administration’s chaotic withdrawal from Kabul in August 2021 and settled in Oklahoma City.
Subsequent reports show Tawhedi previously worked for the CIA as a security guard — but Mayorkas was mum about the migrant’s background or why he was allowed to stay in the country on a special immigrant visa after receiving humanitarian parole.
The Homeland Security secretary dodged questions about an Afghan migrant who was arrested for allegedly plotting an Election Day terror attack. AFP via Getty Images
“I’d be very pleased to answer your question in a different setting, but we are here to talk about emergencies and the support that we can deliver to people in desperate need,” the DHS secretary dodged in response to questioning from Fox News correspondent Jacqui Heinrich.
As Floridians were battening down the hatches for Hurricane Milton last weekend, Mayorkas was snapped by the Washington Free Beacon at the pricey menswear store Sid Mashburn in DC’s historic Georgetown neighborhood.
The DHS head strutted through the brick-and-mortar retailer in a smart navy blue polo, light khakis and New Balance tennis shoes while eyeing more items for his own wardrobe — possibly the $795 corduroy Butcher Jacket with a trendy camouflage design.
The Homeland Security chief was snapped by a photographer exiting the Northwest DC establishment Nobu at 5:30 p.m., a half-hour after it opened. Matthew Symons for NY Post
Sid Mashburn’s suede and leather penny loafers are priced at $350 a pair, while black calfskin loafers have a sticker tag of $550. Classic wool suits run as high as $3,695 a pop.
“Luxury shopping and now dinner at Nobu?” Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC) told The Post in disbelief. “Mayorkas seems to care far more about keeping up with the Kardashians than any sort of disaster response. The only thing we’re seeing him work hard at is allowing millions of illegal aliens, including potential terrorists, into the country.
“I’ve seen the devastation from Helene firsthand, and heard from countless North Carolinians who are rightfully appalled by the slow federal response. Let me tell you, the people of western North Carolina aren’t eating fancy dinners at Nobu right now,” thundered Bishop. “Mayorkas should’ve resigned long ago, but he clearly has no shame.”
Rep. Dan Bishop was outraged by the posh dinner as North Carolinians hit with severe flooding struggled. AP
“If you’re gonna be in charge of an operation … you need to go to the areas that are affected and you need to see it firsthand,” Gimenez emphasized. “Whenever we had any issues here in Miami-Dade County, I went out myself and took a look at what the heck is going on. You got to put your feet on the ground.
“You need to have boots on the ground, you know, a knowledge base from which you make those decisions — just can’t sit in an office and think that, ‘OK, we’re gonna do this, this and this’ without actually going out there and seeing it firsthand, seeing it firsthand is invaluable,” he said.
Of Mayorkas and FEMA Administrator Deanna Criswell, Gimenez gave the withering assessment: “They’re not really good operations people.”
As Floridians were battening down the hatches for Hurricane Milton last weekend, Mayorkas was also snapped by a Washington Free Beacon reporter at the pricey menswear store Sid Mashburn. Joe Simonson/Washington Free Beacon
Congress authorized more than $20 billion for disaster relief funding right before going into recess Oct. 1, but Criswell revealed in a briefing earlier this week that $9 billion has already been spent.
But only $210 million in aid has gone to the affected regions, with $11 billion still left over in disaster relief funding.
The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Inspector General audited FEMA in August and found at least $7 billion could potentially be redirected toward disaster relief.
Only a fraction of the aid, $210 million, has gone to the affected regions, with $11 billion left over in disaster relief funding. AP
Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) accused Mayorkas of trying “to politicize a tragedy for personal gain” when the secretary claimed last week: “FEMA does not have the funds to make it through the season.”
“We supplied FEMA with the resources that it needed to respond directly,” Johnson said during his Wednesday presser in Asheville after touring the devastation. “As of Monday, only 1% of those funds had actually been distributed. There’s concern that the federal response was too slow, and that needs to be addressed. But FEMA and the administration have the resources necessary right now to address the immediate needs.”
Following the publication of this story, a DHS spokesperson told The Post Mayorkas was picking up takeout for his wedding anniversary — though a DC insider revealed Friday the secretary is also a semi-frequent customer at the eatery on non-special occasions.
The secretary received multiple briefings with FEMA team members during his two visits to North Carolina, the DHS flack added, and provided updates to the president on the operational response to the hurricane’s destruction.
Mayorkas has not, however, directly visited affected areas, the rep continued, since that would divert resources away from responders on the ground there.
A Nobu rep declined to comment on the cost of Mayorkas’ meal.
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