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WASHINGTON (TNND) — FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell pushed back Sunday against baseless claims about the agency not doing enough to help Hurricane Helene victims, calling the rumors "ridiculous."
“It’s frankly ridiculous, and just plain false. This kind of rhetoric is not helpful to people,” Criswell said on ABC's "This Week." "It’s really a shame that we’re putting politics ahead of helping people, and that’s what we’re here to do. We have had the complete support of the state,” she said, referring to North Carolina.
Former President Donald Trump recently accused FEMA of spending all its money to help immigrants who are in the United States illegally while other critics accuse the government of spending too much money helping Israel and Ukraine.
"FEMA absolutely has enough money for Helene response right now,” Keith Turi, acting director of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery said. He noted that Congress recently replenished the agency with $20 billion, and about $8 billion of that is set aside for recovery from previous storms and mitigation projects.
On Friday,Billionaire Elon Musk said a SpaceX engineer in North Carolina claimed FEMA is "actively blocking shipments and seizing goods and services" amid Hurricane Helene response efforts.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg responded to Musk's post and refuted the claims.
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