“The president has been kept abreast as I noted of the events and been provided regular updates on the storm and the progress,” Psaki said during the White House press briefing Tuesday afternoon.
Freezing temperatures have paralyzed power generation plants, leading to rolling blackouts across the south-central part of the country and leaving millions without power.
Psaki informed the press that Biden’s Homeland Security adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall spoke with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over the weekend when he called to ask Biden to declare a federal emergency for the state to trigger federal support for storm victims.
Psaki said that Sherwood-Randall also called other governors — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, and Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt.
“She expressed the president’s strong commitment to ensuring that the federal government proactively does everything it can to support state and local officials and preparing and responding to events that affect our citizens,” Psaki said.
Biden signed a declaration of a state of emergency in Texas on Saturday during his three-day weekend at Camp David, and Psaki said Biden would continue “monitoring the situation in Texas very closely.”
So far, Biden has not disrupted his Tuesday’s light public schedule to respond to the disaster. He is scheduled to leave in the evening for a trip aboard Air Force One to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for a CNN town hall.
Sources: Breitbart: Jen Psaki: Joe Biden Has Not Spoken Personally to Governors Affected by Winter Storms
Fake president makes fake promises
Where is Biden in our time of need? Is hiding again? Where is our leader? Trump would have sign a desater relief package already?
What leadership style? Biden is an extremely poor excuse for a leader! He does not lead, he is not a leader!
Joey Bidumbass doing shit for Texas. The Lone Stars boys hate this asshole.
Biden can’t he’s Only a Puppet of the Democratic Socialist Party under the Drecution of Caramel Harris and the Democratic Socialist Party.
What DID Former Vice-President do in Congress BEFORE Stealing the Election?????
Biden can take a three day vacation but crummy
New York reporter comes to Texas to tell people that Ted Cruz ,took a Vacation during a snow storm out of his district, to go to Cancun. Gee how many Dems were gone