Knox County, Tennessee, Mayor Glenn "Kane" Jacobs said that false claims about the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) response to Hurricane Helene are "counterproductive" to officials' recovery efforts in states hit by the storm last week.

"To my knowledge, FEMA, TEMA [Tennessee Emergency Management Agency], nor anyone else is confiscating supplies," Jacobs, a WWE Hall of Famer and GOP Tennessee delegate wrote on X (formerly Twitter) early Friday morning. "Please quit spreading those rumors as they are counterproductive to response efforts."

The statement comes as former President Donald Trump continues to push unsubstantiated claims that FEMA funding was given to undocumented migrants, leaving the agency with "no money." The White House has said that such claims are "absolutely false."

Trump repeated the accusations during a rally in Georgia on Friday, claiming that "a billion dollars was stolen from FEMA to use it for illegal migrants, many of whom are criminals, to come into our country, and FEMA is now busted."

Reached for comment on Friday, Trump campaign national press secretary Karoline Leavitt doubled down on the former president's accusations.

"Kamala Harris stole $1 billion from FEMA to pay for illegal [immigrant] housing, and now there's nothing left for struggling American citizens," Leavitt told Newsweek. "President Trump is leading during this tragic moment while, once again, Kamala leaves Americans behind."

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