Megyn Kelly blasts Kamala for attending star-studded fundraiser instead of rushing to hurricane disaster zone

Megyn Kelly trashed Kamala Harris for attending a fundraiser afloat of Hollywood elites alternatively of heading to the areas affected by Hurricane Helene. 

At slightest 121 deaths successful six states person been attributed to the tempest — a toll that climbed Monday arsenic a clearer representation emerged of the devastation it inflicted connected an country stretching from Florida's Gulf Coast northward to the Appalachian Mountains successful Virginia. More than 600 are missing.

On her SiriusXM amusement Monday, Kelly wondered wherefore Harris was hobnobbing with the stars alternatively of tending to those near behind.

'Last night, good into the devastation, the nonaccomplishment of life, men, women, children, pets, the full devastation and demolition of communities, Kamala Harris attended an LA fundraiser,' she said.

The stars successful show that evening included Stevie Wonder Keegan-Michael Key, Sterling Brown, Demi Lovato, Jessica Alba, Lily, Tomlin, Alanis Morissette, and Halle Bailey.

Kelly remarked: 'The devastation was ongoing. How situation she!'

Harris is cancelling her planned run stops for Monday successful bid to return to Washington D.C. for briefings connected Hurricane Helene.

She volition permission Las Vegas successful the greeting and beryllium successful Washington for a briefing astatine FEMA connected Monday afternoon, according to her campaign. She volition besides sojourn the devastated areas erstwhile it won't disrupt the exigency effect efforts.

She was nary kinder to Joe Biden, who has insisted he's taken complaint successful the aftermath of the catastrophe portion claiming helium won't sojourn until helium tin debar being a distraction.

'He spent the play successful Delaware astatine his formation house, but large I'm gladsome that present that it's Monday and we're betwixt 11 and 4, he's really taking it seriously. I'm sorry, but get disconnected your formation and get to work… He says helium wants to debar being a distraction, and truthful expects to beryllium determination aboriginal this week,' she said. 

'I'm conscionable going to accidental it. I don't judge him. I don't judge he's disquieted astir being a distraction that tin beryllium an contented with presidents. I judge he's tired. He didn't get disconnected his a** until precocious successful this crisis.'

Donald Trump has ridiculed Harris for 'pretending' to enactment connected Hurricane Helene catastrophe alleviation successful a photograph posted connected her societal media.

An representation posted connected Harris's X relationship Sunday shows the VP aboard a level with headphones portion seemingly connected a telephone portion she studiously writes connected insubstantial successful beforehand of her. 

The station adjacent mentioned however she was coordinating with North Carolina's politician to assistance the state's betterment efforts.

However, Trump pointed retired a glaring contented with the photo. 

'You person to plug the cord into the telephone for it to work!' Trump wrote connected his Truth Social app, pointing retired the headphone she's wearing isn't attached to her telephone connected the desk. 

'Another fake and staged photograph from idiosyncratic who has nary hint what she is doing.'

However, the space of the representation does not supply a sight-line to the larboard successful the VP's phone, raising the anticipation that her headphones were successful information plugged successful to the device. 

The earphone's cord falls consecutive down seemingly connected the VP's thigh and not onto the telephone 1 the array earlier her, besides meaning determination could beryllium a 2nd telephone progressive successful this latest scandal. 

The photograph appearing to amusement Harris hard astatine enactment connected the telephone is captioned: 'I was conscionable briefed by [FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell] connected the latest developments astir the ongoing impacts of Hurricane Helene. We besides discussed our Administration's continued actions to enactment exigency effect and recovery.'

'I besides spoke with [Gov. Roy] Cooper astir the ongoing rescue and betterment efforts successful North Carolina,' the station continued. 'Our Administration volition proceed to enactment successful changeless interaction with authorities and section officials to guarantee communities person the enactment and resources they need.'

Harris has yet to sojourn immoderate of the states impacted by the tragic and deadly storm. 

Trump, connected the different hand, went to Valdosta, Georgia, to circuit harm done by Helene connected Monday afternoon.

He spoke to those impacted by the tempest and helped administer goods to those successful attendance. 

The erstwhile president, successful summation to ripping her for the 'staged' photo, slammed Harris for letting Americans drown. 

'Biden and Harris abandoned Americans successful Afghanistan,' Trump's station continued.

'They sacrificed Americans to an Open Border, and now, they person near Americans to drown successful North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and elsewhere successful the South.' 

Biden said helium expects to sojourn the areas devastated by Hurricane Helene this week arsenic helium defended spending the play astatine his formation house erstwhile the tempest hit. 

'I've told the politician of North Carolina I'll spell down and I expect to beryllium down determination by Wednesday oregon Thursday erstwhile it is wide for me,' helium told reporters astatine the White House.

'I'm committed to traveling to impacted areas arsenic soon arsenic possible, but I've been told that it would beryllium disruptive if I did it close now,' helium noted.

The president became antiaircraft erstwhile asked however helium was successful bid portion spending the play astatine his Rehoboth Beach abrogation location portion the hurricane was devastating parts of the South.

'I was commanding, I was connected the telephone for astatine slightest 2 hours yesterday, and the time before, arsenic well. I commanded, it's called a telephone,' helium said. 

He noted helium spoke with the governors of Georgia and North Carolina, 2 of the states hardest deed by the storm.

Roads and I-64, a large interstate, person been wiped retired successful parts of these areas, making it hard to bring successful indispensable supplies. Local and national officials, on with the National Guard, are racing to bring relief.

More than 460,000 radical are without powerfulness and much than 1,000 had taken refuge successful 24 shelters.

Search and rescue teams from 19 states and the US authorities person converged connected North Carolina, Gov. Roy Cooper said, adding that immoderate roads could instrumentality months to repair. 

Damage estimates ranged from $15billion to much than $100billion, insurers and forecasters said implicit the weekend, arsenic h2o systems, communications and captious proscription routes were affected.

Property harm and mislaid economical output volition go clearer arsenic officials measure the destruction.

Roughly 2.7 cardinal customers passim the South were without powerfulness connected Sunday, a US Energy Department authoritative said, down 40 per cent from Friday aft unprecedented tempest surges, ferocious winds and perilous conditions extended hundreds of miles inland.