Hurricanes Haunt Harris’s Campaign in Final Stretch

A poorly handled hurricane can cripple a politician. Just ask George W. Bush.

As Americans in the Southeast continue to wade through the wreckage from Hurricane Helene, and Floridians brace for a potentially catastrophic Hurricane Milton, voters’ perceptions of the federal government’s disaster response have not yet solidified. But Republicans are doing their best to ensure that Kamala Harris, who as vice president has a limited role in disaster response, pays the political price for any failures on the part of the Biden administration.