accident that changed the course of his political career. that s part of what the president was here to do today. not just to speak, the to show that we are going to do as much as it takes as long as it takes in terms of delivering a government response. but offering a personal consolation at a difficult time for them, obvious she. you mean, as mike is presenting his reporting and his understanding of what makes president biden tick, in the years in which george w. bush was president, there were a lot of difficult years. but when disasters hit, thinking of katrina, the people are suffering unimaginable losses, they are suddenly thrust into a national story about tragedy. and this president seems
particularly well suited for these moments, and probably for all of the difficulty in being on the ground, there is something pure about offering any help that a government can offer to people in this situation. absolutely. because grief doesn t know any borders, it doesn t know red or blue states. it doesn t understand any of that, right? so what joe biden understands is that up with job that he has, that he, i think is well suited for in compared to most presidents that we had because of his own experience that mike laid out so beautifully there, is that when you go to these places people want the know that you are going to be to help them and that they are not going to think about who you voted for. i went to new jersey with the president 24 year. he walked around and talked to me. every time you see him do this, he talked to republicans and democrats.
burned to the ground. so we have got a lot to do. a lot to do. but the american people are ready to do it. this is the united states of america, there is not a darn thing we can t do. thank you. president biden there carrying out one of the most amazing duties of a president, comforting people who are suffering, in this case, the residents of dawson springs, kentucky, particularly hart hid by those devastating tornadoes last weekend. let s bring into our coverage, mike memberly, who is traveling with the president today in dawson springs, and politico white house reporter and coauthor of politico playbook, you mean daniels. mike memberly, tell me about the president s day. nicolle, these are such important moments for a president who obviously has a legislative agenda he s trying to get through but who really feels his most important obligations are to try to unify the country and show republicans
i think most agree, this is something he has done before, he does it well, and this is where he s at. and after four years of donald trump kind of sometimes not promising not to do things for democratic states because they didn t vote for him, he zmtd like their governors. i think there are a lot of people in the political order when terrible things happened seeing the president doing the duty of going and talking to people, you can see him right there, what his aides tell us he follows up with these folks. he promised he would come the that head s house and have dinner with here because he s a hell of a cook. i believe he is going to do that, because he has called people, given his personal cell phone out before he was president. these are people who need a whole lot of help. certainly it s a moment here in kentucky that is well beyond any of our political debates. mike memberly and eugene daniels thank you for jumping on. the president went earlier than we have come to expect.
it is exactly that larger piece of legislation that republicans who are opposing it are keeping their focus on. we heard from senator rick scott of florida today. listen to his comments. pelosi has said all along she will not allow this bill to go through the house unless they get their $5.5 trillion reckless tax and spending bill done at the same time. if you help get this done, you are helping get the $5.5 trillion bill done. we heard a rebuttal on that same fox news sunday program from transportation secretary pete buttegeig who pointed to the number of republicans who support the bipartisan deal at least as evidence that it is fiscally fobl and talked about the benefits that the american public will see once these pieces of legislation are passed will justify the cost to the american. mike, thank you so much. speaking of the reconciliation