{"id":111468,"date":"2024-10-07T16:08:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T09:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111468"},"modified":"2024-10-07T16:08:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T09:08:46","slug":"as-trump-lies-and-lies-and-lies-about-fema-gop-gets-called-out-on-hurricane-helene-hypocrisy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111468","title":{"rendered":"As Trump lies (and lies and lies) about FEMA, GOP gets called out on Hurricane Helene \u2018hypocrisy\u2019"},"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>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"VBSPS3EVSRB3ZDRUV7OSWUFT4E\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/topic\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> was at it again on Sunday, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atrupar\/status\/1843007796033343806\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lying about the Federal Emergency Management Agency\u2019s response<\/a> to victims of Hurricane Helene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"JCK5KOOJR5D7RFL5UQQKG372NI\">There have been so many Trump lies on the storm that CNN felt compelled on Sunday to post a story: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/06\/politics\/fact-check-trump-helene-response-north-carolina\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cFact check: Six days of Trump lies about the Hurricane Helene\u00a0response.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"HQUZYXWESVA6RCYBFWPMSYAXMQ\">Despite Republican governors <a href=\"https:\/\/gazette.com\/news\/wex\/helene-makes-unlikely-friends-of-republican-swing-state-governors-and-biden\/article_b2814791-6ca3-5d89-9a3f-35ab3c135c4a.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">praising the Biden Administration\u2019s swift and compassionate response<\/a>, and GOP representatives pleading with the former president to stop lying, and for his inner circle to stop advising victims not to cooperate with FEMA, Trump keeps telling the same lies at his rallies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"6IKRYHGQDJAD5AM4P7KWJLZX6U\">During an exhausting two-hour speech at a rally in Wisconsin on Sunday, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atrupar\/status\/1843009267982315535\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump said victims<\/a> of Helene \u201chaven\u2019t seen anybody from the federal government yet.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"VEN7FOQZDNBYDBWHDDAH4MUKRM\">This lie has been widely debunked, including by Republican governors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"V2NUBYPAXRCE5HMP5ZHL2L3RAE\">Trump, a former president and the Republican presidential nominee, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atrupar\/status\/1843007796033343806\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added a lie<\/a>: \u201cThis is the worst response to a storm or a catastrophe or a hurricane that we\u2019ve ever seen, ever. Probably worse than Katrina,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"7IT2PFFX7JDY5GXVQHYQ57XSI4\">Trump also has said that FEMA money is being diverted for undocumented immigrants, yet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/gop-freaks-out-about-migrants-as-fema-hurricane-funding-shortfall-looms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">another lie<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"C5XBWFTVZJDQ5BJSTTPBS6XSLU\">After dozens of congressional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/republicans-voted-against-fema-funding-1963980\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republicans voted against FEMA funding<\/a>, or voted to cut its funding, Trump and his lying GOP enablers were called out on by New York Rep. Daniel Goldman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CK3DSL4G2VC3TC6CVBJUH2ORVM\">\u201cRepublicans almost uniformly oppose funding for FEMA,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/danielsgoldman\/status\/1843079770260803658\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goldman tweeted<\/a>. \u201cYet when a natural disaster happens in their state, they not only come running for FEMA assistance, but they have the gall to complain about how quickly they are getting that assistance. GOP hypocrisy knows no bounds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"WAA5KMR5XVHZREQTPPWHZYHE7U\">Republican South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/Z_tqxiiE8Uw?t=2399s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said\u00a0at a press conference<\/a> that federal assistance had \u201cbeen superb.\u201d He said President Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg had called and told him to let them know whatever the state needed. McMaster also said FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell had called.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"AR5N6VI4GZC7XKXOHDUUN2FKQE\">Glenn Jacobs, mayor of Knoxville, Tenn., tweeted that if MAGA \u201ccould maybe put aside hate for a little bit and pitch in to help, that would be great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"RAKM2YAKTFGSLH3HNCXOJEPNBQ\">Biden, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JoeBiden\/status\/1842673642448040019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">calling Trump a liar<\/a>, reminded Americans that Trump was president, Trump redirected emergency funds. \u201cOnce again, Donald Trump is a liar,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JoeBiden\/status\/1842673642448040019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden tweeted<\/a>. \u201cHe\u2019s the guy who redirected relief funds as president. We are moving heaven and earth to make sure that everyone affected by Hurricane Helene gets what they need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"LH5HUGN2PNB4BFIR2DUMCDEV6A\">Former Georgia Republican Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RpsAgainstTrump\/status\/1842646753075401101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blasted Trump for lying<\/a> about Hurricane Helene: \u201cThe lies are one of the biggest reasons, I am a lifelong Republican supporting Vice President Harris. The lies are dangerous. \u2026 We need to hold him accountable for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"6QPHH2CSDRDIDEXRGAWGXCJXKQ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AaronBlake\/status\/1842978598657089601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In a statement<\/a>, Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina said, \u201c\u201cThe last thing that the victims of Helene need right now is political posturing, finger-pointing, or conspiracy theories that only hurt the response effort.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"Stories-By-Section-Tag-module_wrapper__69Ed7 Stories-By-Section-Tag-module_nj__RFbQx\"\/>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"KX3ZE4AXU5BQZHDQ57UMLSS2GE\"><i>Please consider supporting\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/\"><i>NJ.com<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0with a voluntary subscription.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<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<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.nj.com\/politics\/2024\/10\/as-trump-lies-and-lies-and-lies-about-fema-gop-gets-called-out-on-hurricane-helene-hypocrisy.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump was at it again on Sunday, lying about the Federal Emergency Management Agency\u2019s response to victims of Hurricane Helene. 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