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Misleading claims about the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Authority (FEMA) and its hurricane disaster response are being amplified by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his allies, including vice-presidential candidate JD Vance.
Speaking at a campaign event in Saginaw, Mich., on Oct. 3, Mr. Trump said “People are dying in North Carolina. They’re dying all over those five, six states. They’re dying and they’re getting no help from our federal government. They have no money, because their money has been spent on people that should not be in our country.”
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell addressed claims by Mr. Trump’s in an interview on CNN on Oct. 8 where she said, “we really have just got to stop this rhetoric because what it’s doing is it’s putting fear in the people that we’re not going to be there to help them.”
FEMA’s fact-check page also debunks this claim saying, “FEMA has enough money right now for immediate response and recovery needs.”
Mr. Trump at a rally in Butler, Penn., on Oct. 5 said, “They’re offering them $750. They’ve been destroyed, these people have been destroyed,” referencing aid given to people affected by Hurricane Helene. JD Vance repeated the false US$750 claim at the same rally.
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