Harris visits North Carolina amid Helene’s devastation as Trump denounces administrator’s emergency response
One of the former president’s first questions Donald Trump would ask whether a state needed disaster aid while he was in office, “Are they my people?” according to ARRIVE Stephanie Grishamwho once occupied the White House press secretary under Trump from 2019 to 2020 and was currently supported Vice president Kamala Harriscampaign of.
As recent weeks have shown, natural disasters, worsened by climate changedoes not discriminate based on the number of registered Democrats or Republicans in the state.
Harris said this week that she wants to “personally do one look at the devastationIt’s extraordinary.” She expressed admiration for how “everyone came together. People are helping complete strangers,” according to AP news agency.
Since Hurricane Helene hit the southeastern United States in end of Septembervia 200 people died, becoming the fourth deadliest storm to make landfall since 1950.
Trump has visited areas affected by Helene in recent days to survey the damage and to create baseless conspiracies about Joe Biden– The Harris administration handles disaster relief.
In a second truth society parcelTrump announced that he was traveling to the area and stated that he did not “like the reports that I am receiving about the Federal Government and the Democratic Governor of [North Carolina]intentionally not helping people in Republican areas. GREAT!” On Thursday, the former president also said that “Kamala spent all of her FEMA money, billions of dollars, on housing illegal immigrants.” That is untrue. According to time“No disaster funding was spent on those shelters.”
During an appearance Tuesday in Augusta, Georgia, Harris announced that Biden approved the governor’s request for 100% federal reimbursement of local costs, adding, “I want to thank local leaders for pulling together a force-like response task force, knowing that we are at our best when we work together and coordinate our resources, coordinate our communications for maximum effectiveness for the affected community.”
As Trump spread these baseless theories, Republican governors across the region did presented a different tone.
The governor of South Carolina is a Republican Henry McMaster speak at a news conference Tuesday that federal support “has been excellent.” “Thank you, President Biden,” Gov Glenn Youngkin wrote in a press release, adding on Monday Address that he “extremely appreciates the quick response and cooperation from the federal team at FEMA.” Bill LeeRepublican Governor of Tennessee, speak that “swift response from the federal government.”
On Saturday, Harris will head to North Carolina to continue monitoring the devastation in the southeast. At the same time, Trump will return to Butler, Pennsylvania, the site of the first failed assassination attempt on him in July. Elon MuskWho confirm Trump after the shooting will according to the report were also present. Trump does blame Biden, Harris and, more broadly, Democrats for both attempts on his life.
During the 2018 California wildfires, most dangerous his history, Trump initially opposed sending federal money to the state, according to report from New York Times based on two former administration officials. “But Mr. Trump changed his position after his advisers found data showing that a large number of his supporters were being affected by the inferno,” the newspaper wrote. time‘ Tim Balk write.
Vice president Mike Pencehomeland security advisor, Olivia Troyesaid Trump initially instructed those in charge not to send “any money” to California. “We’ve seen so many cases — this is just one — where it’s been politicized,” Troye told The New York Times. time. “It’s a red state and a blue state.”
“None of this is true and is nothing more than a fabricated story from someone’s crazy imagination,” Steven Cheunga campaign spokesman, said in a statement to time. “In and out of office, President Trump has appeared to provide aid and relief to Americans following natural disasters.”
