“I intend to do whatever it takes as long as it takes, as long as it takes to support your state, your local leaders as you recover and rebuild because you will recover and you will rebuild,” Biden said.
Following a wave of deadly tornadoes in the state, President Biden promised Kentucky residents that the federal government would do everything it could to help the commonwealth recover.
“I intend to do whatever it takes as long as it takes, as long as it takes to support your state, your local leaders as you recover and rebuild because you will recover and you will rebuild,” Biden said in Dawson Springs, Ky., on Wednesday, adding that the “scope and scale of destruction is almost beyond belief.”Biden spent much of Wednesday visiting damaged areas of Kentucky, where at least 71 people were killed by last week’s tornadoes.
“To all the families here: Keep the faith,” Biden said. “We’re going to get this done, I promise you. The governor’s not walking away. Your county judge is not walking away. Your congressman is not walking away. No one is walking away. We’re in this for the long haul.” Friday night’s tornadoes hit Kentucky the hardest as they tore across the upper South and lower Midwest. Residents of Illinois, Tennessee, Missouri and Arkansas were also killed., about 75 percent of the town was wiped out. Eight people died at a candle factory in Mayfield, although the count was initially expected to be higher after some night shift workers were missing in the immediate aftermath of the building’s collapse.
“I just want you to know — I’m driving the governor crazy calling him all the time — but there may be things available that would be helpful six weeks, six months from now that you’re unaware of,” Biden said. “And so we’re — I’ve instructed my team to make you all aware of everything that is available from a federal level.”
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