This is the full set of Kamala Harris tweets, her photo op from her visit to the decimated city of Asheville, North Carolina, several days after Hurricane Helene literally rained down destruction .

Do you see what I see?

10.5% of Asheville, North Carolina, is black.

81% of Asheville, North Carolina, is white.

She can’t even do a tasteless disaster photo op without racializing and politicizing the victims. Real Americans are suffering and dying, and it’s obvious her campaign spin is to make this look like Katrina 2.0 affecting primarily black Americans, is what some observers are saying.

Pinning this entirely upon Kamala is dishonest because she is Figurehead #2 of the last four years. Her involvement in campaign decisions isn’t noteworthy. Her political agency is clipped. Puppet show up here, puppet say this. Where American disgust must focus is the tyrannical destroyer of American democracy that used to be the Democratic party.

But there is no time to allow disgust and anger to overwhelm rescue and recovery efforts in Hurricane Helene catastrophe areas. Engineered dismissal of real American victims must be sidelined for now, no matter the racial optics. Belated outrage can be saved until later when American communities and American lives are rebuilt.

Accountability, responsibility, and justice will come calling. For shame, Democratic leadership.