Harris Helps Pack Aid Boxes For North Carolina Hurricane Victims

Vice President Kamala Harris recently helped pack diapers into boxes of personal care products destined for North Carolina hurricane victims, agreeing with one helper who said, “It takes a village,” Josh Boak reported for the Associated Press (AP).

The vice president spent the night in the state, which narrowly backed her rival, Republican Donald Trump, in 2020. I Photo: Kamala Harris Facebook

“You’re exactly right,” Harris replied to Greg Hatem, owner of The Pit Authentic Barbecue restaurant, as she put two packages of diapers inside each cardboard box that was placed in front of her assembly-line style.

Harris met with Black leaders at the barbecue restaurant in Raleigh before joining volunteers who were there to pack bandages, baby formula, baby wipes, pain relief pills, and other items for victims of Hurricane Helene, which tore through western North Carolina last month.

The vice president spent the night in the state, which narrowly backed her rival, Republican Donald Trump, in 2020.

Democrats are campaigning hard to flip North Carolina in the upcoming presidential election next month. On Sunday, Harris attended church in Greenville as part of her campaign’s “Souls to the Polls” effort to get out the vote and held a rally.

The weekend trip was her second to the battleground state since it was struck by Hurricane Helene. The Democratic presidential nominee visited North Carolina last Saturday to survey the aftermath of Helene and pledged federal assistance for its victims.