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FOX News is Blaming Tropical Storm Hilary On…Joe Biden?

Because of course they are.

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readAug 22, 2023
Photo by Ilyuza Mingazova on Unsplash

The reality of the climate crisis is becoming increasingly more uncomfortable, and I certainly don’t just mean when it comes to actually having to live through the record setting heat waves, floods, or wild fires we’ve been dealing with. As things continue to get more intense as the scope of what we’re going to be dealing with becomes impossible to ignore, it’s been as fascinating as it is devastating to watch humanity — and those who deny what’s happening in particular — attempt to talk their way through this.

And would it really be the United States if we didn’t have FOX News weighing on where they can? This time, of course, in response to tropical storm Hilary that has rocked the coast of California and caused massive flooding. And you can bet that FOX News wasn’t about to point to climate change and the lasting damage capitalism is doing to make this planet near uninhabitable in the relatively near future.

No, FOX is going to blame Joe Biden instead.

In a clip circulating on on Twitter, the FOX host unseen on camera said:

“42 million desperate souls in the path of this storm which made landfall in Mexico several hours ago, but they let…

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Lauren Elizabeth
Lauren Elizabeth

Written by Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx

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