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Former President Donald Trump began the final full day of the 2024 presidential campaign as he has spent many of the days prior: lying about immigration, the economy and other subjects.
At the first campaign rally of his planned four-rally day, in Raleigh, North Carolina, Trump repeated numerous immigration-related lies he has told over and over during the last month. He also revived a baseless conspiracy theory about the Bureau of Labor Statistics, adding in some new imaginary details for good measure, and made two separate false claims about former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Here is a fact check of some of Trump’s Raleigh remarks:
The federal response to Hurricane Helene: Trump repeated his false claim that the Federal Emergency Management Agency is “still not there” in North Carolina responding to Hurricane Helene, which hit in late September.
This is not even close to true; FEMA immediately responded to the disaster in North Carolina and said October 25 that it had more than 1,700 staff deployed in the state. FEMA said October 16 that it had approved more than $100 million in individual aid to North Carolina residents.
At a briefing in early October, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, said, “We’re grateful for the quick actions and close communications that we have had with the president and with the FEMA team.” Will Ray, the state’s emergency management director, said at the briefing: “We’re grateful for the support not just...
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