Former College of Kentucky staffer says Hurricane is punishing MAGA supporters

A former College of Kentucky staffer took to social media to ask if God was unleashing loss of life and destruction through Hurricane Helene on purple states due to their help of former President Trump. 

“Hurricane Helene…what if GOD is punishing MAGA populations for his or her hate and hypocrisy? Works for me!” Betsy Packard wrote Sunday in a publish on X.

Hurricane Helene ripped throughout the southeast days in the past, inflicting widespread devastation. The loss of life toll from the storm has surpassed 100, as of Monday. 

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After receiving backlash for her remarks, Packard, who claimed to be a author of feminist revisionist poetry, appeared to double-down.

“ALll (sic) day lengthy, MAGAs publish lies and mockng nastigrams about Democrats. So, I mocked them, I hammered on their hypocrisy,” she posted in response to customers who challenged her. “Discuss poisonous vengeance (sic). “They’ll dish it out, however they can not take it.”

“An Act of God hammered you, and you continue to din’t [sic] hear Him? God is clearly mighty pissed at MAGAs. How will you not see this?” she requested one person. 

The Rocky Broad River flows into Lake Lure and overflows the city with particles from Chimney Rock, North Carolina after heavy rains from Hurricane Helene on September 28, 2024, in Lake Lure, North Carolina. Roughly six ft of particles piled on the bridge from Lake Lure to Chimney Rock, blocking entry.  (Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Photos)

Packard served as a educating assistant on the college “various years in the past,” college spokesman Jay Blanton instructed Fox Information Digital. 

“We had been simply made conscious of this publish,” he mentioned. “Now we have reported it to the suitable places of work on campus that overview questions round conduct. The individual in query is just not an worker on the College of Kentucky.”

Packard continued to publish and argue together with her detractors on-line. She finally appeared to stroll again the concept that she believed the storm was a part of a divine punishment on Trump supporters. 

“I have to make clear earlier posts. I erred in pondering Individuals might learn,” she wrote. “I mentioned WHAT IF. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Michelle Bachmann attributed disasters to divine punishment. DO I BELIEVE THIS? NO. Did I say I believed it? Nope. However some fools DO consider it.”

The college condemned Packard’s remarks, saying they had been “abhorrent” and “don’t replicate our values as an establishment.”

Heavy rains from Hurricane Helene brought on report flooding and injury  on September 28, 2024 in Asheville, North Carolina. Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida’s Large Bend on Thursday night time with winds as much as 140 mph and storm surges that killed a minimum of 42 folks in a number of states.  (Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Photos)

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“Our ideas and considerations are with these impacted by these devastating storms,” the college mentioned. “As an establishment, we have now many members of our neighborhood straight impacted by them and are working with them to offer help and sources presently.” 

Packard’s title and picture appeared on the UK Faculty of Arts and Sciences web site and recognized her as an MFA candidate and graduate teacher, the New York Put up reported. The web page has been taken down.