{"id":111423,"date":"2024-10-07T13:06:15","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T06:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111423"},"modified":"2024-10-07T13:06:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T06:06:15","slug":"north-carolina-newspaper-condemns-trump-for-spreading-lies-about-helene-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111423","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina newspaper condemns Trump for \u2018spreading lies\u2019 about Helene response"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"main\">\n<div data-testid=\"nsc-wrapper-support-us\">\n<div class=\"sc-16ay7ps-0 hAqRAM\">\n<div class=\"sc-16ay7ps-1 jbZASd\">\n<div class=\"sc-16ay7ps-14 bFnbmL\">\n<h3 data-testid=\"support-nsc-title\" class=\"sc-16ay7ps-2 horJcb\">Your support helps us to tell the story<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><amp-accordion animate=\"\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-container\" i-amphtml-layout=\"container\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"sc-16ay7ps-18 bfRLhE\">\n<h4 class=\"sc-16ay7ps-3 bOpeIR\"><button class=\"sc-16ay7ps-4 jyAPhF closed-trigger\" data-testid=\"support-nsc-dropdown\"><span class=\"sc-16ay7ps-8 kDWcOx\"><span class=\"sc-16ay7ps-7 fiytbn\">Find out more<\/span><svg class=\"sc-eaj12q-0 bNRJWU sc-culv3z-0 jIhHch sc-16ay7ps-5 jJxovk\"><use href=\"#d5d9764c65d2cfa2\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><button class=\"sc-16ay7ps-4 jyAPhF open-trigger\" data-testid=\"support-nsc-dropdown\"><span class=\"sc-16ay7ps-8 kDWcOx\"><span class=\"sc-16ay7ps-7 fiytbn\">Close<\/span><svg class=\"sc-eaj12q-0 bNRJWU sc-culv3z-0 jIhHch sc-16ay7ps-5 sc-16ay7ps-6 jJxovk cOIZLt\"><use href=\"#d5d9764c65d2cfa2\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/h4>\n<div class=\"sc-16ay7ps-19 gdfHuZ\">\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"support-nsc-collapsed-content\" class=\"sc-16ay7ps-9 hYsSsu\">As your White House correspondent, I ask the tough questions and seek the answers that matter.<\/p>\n<p>Your support enables me to be in the room, pressing for transparency and accountability. Without your contributions, we wouldn&#8217;t have the resources to challenge those in power.<\/p>\n<p><b>Your donation makes it possible for us to keep doing this important work, keeping you informed every step of the way to the November election<\/b><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"support-nsc-author\" class=\"sc-16ay7ps-10 kOmKsa\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/support-us\/andrew-feinberg.png\" alt=\"Head shot of Andrew Feinberg\" class=\"sc-16ay7ps-13 jgqbGv\"\/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"sc-16ay7ps-11 dCfwpJ\">Andrew Feinberg<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-16ay7ps-12 kLQwYY\">White House Correspondent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/amp-accordion><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/trump-harris-presidential-election-polls-news-live-updates-b2624670.html\">now facing condemnation<\/a> from the editorial board of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/north-carolina\">North Carolina<\/a>\u2019s second-largest newspaper as he continues to take criticism for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/donald-trump-ap-biden-national-weather-service-north-carolina-b2621558.html\">politicizing the response<\/a> to Hurricane Helene across the US southeast.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was in Georgia last week to survey hurricane damage alongside the state\u2019s governor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/brian-kemp\">Brian Kemp<\/a> \u2014 a one-time foe who has returned to the Trumpworld fold, like many Republicans, seeking political cover. <\/p>\n<p>On Monday, he attacked Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/kamala-harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a> and the Biden administration in a Truth Social post for supposedly \u201cgoing out of their way to not help people in Republican areas\u201d, a false charge. A Republican lawmaker representing three counties in hard-hit western North Carolina \u2014 which is largely rural, and politically trends conservative \u2014 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/energy-environment\/4916009-north-carolina-lawmaker-hurricane-helene-conspiracy-theories\/\">has called it a \u201cjunk\u201d conspiracy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He\u2019d go further in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/kellyanne-conway\">Kellyanne Conway<\/a>, one of his most ardent truth-twisters on cable TV before she was largely exiled from the networks, accusing Harris of trying to \u201churt\u201d western North Carolina residents.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Trump\u2019s claims <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/opinion\/article293483114.html\">provoked a response<\/a> from one of the state\u2019s most widely-read newspapers, the Charlotte Observer. The Observer\u2019s editorial board slammed the ex-president for his lies about the federal response to Helene, which is believed to have killed more than 100 across the state.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-482ou5-2 eOHevC image align-none\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1cbdeug-0 cpcmmN\">\n<div data-gallery-length=\"2\" class=\"sc-482ou5-0 eMYPKO\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2024\/10\/05\/18\/GettyImages-2175710735.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2024\/10\/05\/18\/GettyImages-2175710735.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2024\/10\/05\/18\/GettyImages-2175710735.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Donald Trump was in Georgia last weekto survey damage from Hurricane Helene and attack his opponent with false claims about the federal response.\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ inline-gallery-btn\" on=\"tap:auto-image-gallery,inline-image-carousel.goToSlide(index=0)\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" data-gallery-length=\"2\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 hiCdLa liXvvg\">Donald Trump was in Georgia last weekto survey damage from Hurricane Helene and attack his opponent with false claims about the federal response.<span class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 izyooE\"> <!-- -->(<!-- -->Getty Images<!-- -->)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis is not a situation to capitalize on for political gain. But former President Donald Trump has politicized the situation at every turn, spreading falsehoods and conspiracies that fracture the community instead of bringing it together,\u201d read the newspaper\u2019s editorial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no evidence to support any of those ridiculous claims. And by every indication, state and federal agencies have been working to help people in need,\u201d it continued.<\/p>\n<p>Adding that the hurricane-ravaged areas of the state were not a \u201cpolitical football\u201d for the Trump campaign, the <em>Observer<\/em> also swiped at the state\u2019s Trump-endorsed lieutenant governor, Mark Robinson, for spreading the conspiracies. Robinson\u2019s reasoning for doing so is clear: he\u2019s at the center of the complete implosion of his campaign over a shocking CNN investigation which found that a screen name and email address linked to the sitting lieutenant governor was linked to a wide array of disgusting and vile comments on a porn site.<\/p>\n<p>Harris herself was in the state on Saturday and visited Asheville \u2014 a city hit by substantial flooding during the storm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re here for the long haul,\u201d she told a volunteer leader.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson also received special mention in the piece for his failure to show up for a key vote to declare a state of emergency, part of his role as lieutenant governor, while he continued to campaign for the governorship. The vote still passed without his participation.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds are believed dead after Helene caused massive flooding and triggered landslides that wiped out bridges and homes. It\u2019s now the second-deadliest hurricane to strike the US in more than a half-century.<\/p>\n<p>Federal aid approved for Helene survivors has already passed $45m, and that number may continue to rise. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/fema\">FEMA<\/a>\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fema.gov\/press-release\/20241004\/biden-harris-administration-provides-more-45-million-hurricane-helene\">website<\/a> indicates that the disaster relief agency has already distributed more than 1.5m meals and more than 12.6m liters of drinking water as part of aid efforts. President Joe Biden further announced the deployment of 500 National Guard members equipped with \u201cadvanced technological assets\u201d to western North Carolina.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-461c9u-0 iGXtRq\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, I ordered another 500 active-duty troops with advanced technological assets to move into Western North Carolina and assist with the response and recovery efforts. 1,500 troops will now support thousands of National Guardsman and federal personnel on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>My\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LBshva6C4o\">pic.twitter.com\/LBshva6C4o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 President Biden (@POTUS) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1842996116364886399?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p>The agency has even been forced to put out a separate webpage to counter misinformation and conspiracies surrounding Hurricane Helene relief, including charges from right-wing social media accounts claiming that aid is being distributed on the basis of ethnicity.<\/p>\n<p>Thom Tillis, the state\u2019s senior member in the US Senate, addressed the ex-president\u2019s fake claims on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We can have a discussion about the failure of this administration&#8217;s border policies and the billions of dollars it&#8217;s costing, but right now \u2014 not yet \u2014 is it affecting the flow of resources to western North Carolina,\u201d he told CBS\u2019s <em>Face the Nation.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/trump-helene-hurricane-newspaper-editorial-b2624687.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your support helps us to tell the story Find out moreClose As your White House correspondent, I ask the tough questions and seek the answers that matter. 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