This has such strong vibes of the Capitol in from 'The Hunger Games', we're not quite sure how else to interpret it.
For a while, we've covered the devastation of Hurricane Helene, especially in western North Carolina and the aftermath of FEMA's incompetence. There are still people living in tents, being refused the almost useless $750, and discriminated against if they supported Donald Trump.
So it's incredibly -- incredibly -- tone deaf for the White House to take one of the trees that survived Helene so they can decorate it (and we've all seen Jill Biden's taste).
“This one remained standing."
— ABC News (@ABC) November 25, 2024
First lady Jill Biden received the 2024 White House Christmas tree, a Frasier fir from the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina, a community recently impacted by Hurricane Helene. pic.twitter.com/CPqKq27kh9
Just wow.
The optics of the White House, who has barely lifted a finger to help these people, taking a thing of beauty from them for their own amusement is so on the nose.
It is so fitting for the Biden family to take one beautiful resilient thing, cut it down, use it for their own benefit, and then toss the remainders when they are done.
— NotYourJewishMom (@CaffMomREDACTED) November 28, 2024
It is representative of how that family has treated the White House and America.
Yes it is.
“We did our best to destroy everything but this dadgum tree wouldn’t fall, so we just sliced its metaphorical throat to make it submit. As with the rest of our adversaries, it worked.
— Jessica O’Donnell 🏈 (@heckyessica) November 29, 2024
Oh uh…happy holidays!”
Merry Christmas!
It's not just that you took one of the few surviving trees in WNC and yoinked it for your temporary lawn decoration, but also that you thought it might improve your image in NC somehow, and that no one in your orbit thought to tell you this looks really bad.
— Latentem (@Latentem) November 29, 2024
Just perfect.
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Really is a *chef's kiss*, no?
This is in SUCH POOR TASTE.
— Marsali (@Marsali23) November 28, 2024
Why not select another tree from an area not suffering from a natural disaster?
The tone deafness of the Democrats party is simply unbelievable, unacceptable, and the reason why they lost the election.
And they still don't get it.
Quite symbolic of this administration…
— Leeleeliberty (@Leeleeliberty11) November 26, 2024
“If you remain standing after a tragedy…we will make sure you don’t.”
Well said.
This probably isn’t going to send the message they were thinking about. But it perfectly symbolizes the current administration and the current state of the Democratic Party.
— Michael (@space_ace84) November 26, 2024
This tree went through hell and survived. Just so they could kill it.
Yep.
Yall took the last Christmas tree standing from that community that is still in rubble? https://t.co/7cj0uxwqnP pic.twitter.com/WVoPjQfXuk
— Sam Rogers (@RealSamRogers) November 29, 2024
Our faces exactly.
Who could have possibly thought this was a great idea for the National Christmas Tree? It's kind of disgusting to me. We would have never cut that tree down. https://t.co/6498KDelAP pic.twitter.com/2mC953YHAR
— Kris Kinder (@kris_kinder) November 29, 2024
But Jill needed a pretty Christmas tree.
The last tree standing in District 12 was cut down for display in the Capitol last week, seen here being received at The Residence by Panem’s elegant First Lady. https://t.co/yuapWn3zT8
— Snarksalot (@BitchesBane) November 29, 2024
Like we said: The Hunger Games.
These tone deaf elites gave us the best metaphor for government.
— Bonnie Blue and Zoe (@BonnieBlueTK) November 29, 2024
The tree: "I faced all odds and survived!!"
Government: "Can't have that happening!" https://t.co/PxsKY8dvnB
Hollywood wouldn't write such an obvious villain.
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