Whacko former University of Kentucky staffer said Hurricane Helene was act of God to punish Trump supporters
An unhinged former staff member at the University of Kentucky floated the idea that the death and destruction Hurricane Helene unleashed on red states was divine retribution for their residents’ support of former President Donald Trump.“Hurricane Helene…what if GOD is punishing MAGA populations for their hate and hypocrisy? Works for me!” Betsy Packard wrote Sunday in a heartless post on X punctuated with a winking emoji.Helene made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region as a Category 4 storm.Its 140-mph winds carved a path of devastation from Georgia to Virginia, killing more than 100 in the South.She then doubled and tripled down on the hateful rhetoric, directly responding to X users who challenged her.“You got hit with an Act of God.
Looks like God’s pissed off at you,” she wrote in response to a poster bemoaning the small size of the National Guard deployment following the storm.“An Act of God hammered you, and you still din’t [sic] hear Him? God is obviously mighty pissed at MAGAs.How can you not see this?” she mockingly asked another user.Officials said at an emergency meeting Sunday that more than 1,000 residents of Buncombe County, North Carolina, remain unaccounted for as emergency responders scramble to locate them.
Authorities have confirmed the deaths of at least 30 individuals in the county so far.Jay Blanton, a University of Kentucky spokesperson, told The Post that Packard is “not an employee” of the university despite her stated affiliation on social media, and disavowed her repugnant words in no uncertain terms.“We were just made aware of this post.We have reported it to the appropriate offices on campus that review questions around conduct,” Blanton said in an email.“Such statements are abhorrent and do not reflect our values as an institution.
Our thoughts and concerns are with those impacted by these devastating storms.As an institution, we have many members of our community directly impacted by them and are wo...