{"id":117006,"date":"2024-10-22T09:13:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T02:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117006"},"modified":"2024-10-22T09:13:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T02:13:48","slug":"trump-makes-more-debunked-claims-about-fema-as-he-surveys-storm-damage-in-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117006","title":{"rendered":"Trump makes more debunked claims about FEMA as he surveys storm damage in North Carolina"},"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>SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) \u2014 Surveying storm damage in North Carolina, former President <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/span> on Monday blasted federal emergency responders whose work has been stymied by <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/fema-north-carolina-disinformation-threats-militia-c1595fef596d0f78638ba4177bfa76af\">armed harassment<\/a><\/span> and a deluge of <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/election-hurricanes-false-info-helene-milton-a4c2df2463b69c1f2e3eb6846e3b37ae\">misinformation<\/a><\/span>, but he said he was not concerned that the aftermath of <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/hurricane-helene\">Hurricane Helene<\/a><\/span> would affect election results in the battleground state.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was asked whether it was helpful to criticize hurricane relief workers after the Federal Emergency Management Agency recently paused work in the area because of reports they could be targeted by militia. He responded by again assailing the agency and repeating the falsehood that the response was hampered because FEMA spent its budget helping people who crossed the border illegally. That claim was <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/fema-misinformation-helene-milton-hurricane-aid-recovery-468b036784b1db05937e9a34d0146041\">debunked<\/a><\/span> weeks ago by U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-N.C., who stood behind Trump as he spoke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I think you have to let people know how they\u2019re doing,\u201d Trump told reporters in Swannanoa, outside Asheville. \u201cIf they were doing a great job, I think we should say that, too, because I think they should be rewarded. &#8230; If they\u2019re doing a poor job, we\u2019re supposed to not say it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s campaign and that of his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, are ramping up their campaigns in the final two weeks before Election Day.<\/p>\n<p>Trump had three stops in North Carolina on Monday. After the Asheville area, he held a rally across the state in Greenville and spoke at a faith leaders event in Concord, where he appealed to Christian voters by repeating his criticism of transgender athletes playing on women\u2019s sports teams and his proposal to conduct a large-scale deportation operation. Trump said that during his administration, he fought for Christians \u201clike no president has ever fought before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris on Monday <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/kamala-harris-election-2024-gop-c584f9860260f48ddff90ab2dca0433a\">focused her campaigning efforts on the \u201cblue wall<\/a><\/span>,\u201d traveling to suburban Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. She held a series of conversations with <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/harris-cheny-duke-university-liz-dick-55852b4dffc447413616a01b6a38c920\">Republican Liz Cheney<\/a><\/span> moderated by GOP strategist Sarah Longwell, publisher of the Bulwark, a commentary site for anti-Trump conservatives, and conservative radio host Charlie Sykes. Trump won those three states in 2016 and lost them in 2020, and Harris could all but lock up the presidency if she swept them.<\/p>\n<p>Cheney, a former Wyoming congressman who lost her seat after she spoke out against Trump following the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, offered advice to her fellow Republicans who are uneasy with Trump but not comfortable broadcasting support for a Democrat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can vote your conscience and not ever have to say a word to anybody,\u201d Cheney said.<\/p>\n<h2>Hurricane Helene displaced thousands of voters<\/h2>\n<p>Many North Carolina counties affected by Hurricane Helene moved Election Day precincts or changed early voting sites. Thousands of voters remained displaced or without power or water as early voting commenced. Both parties are scrambling to check their turnout operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re working every channel we can, you know?\u201d Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley, a North Carolinian, said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to be doing phone calls. We\u2019re going to be doing direct mail. We\u2019ll be doing emails and digital \u2014 basically anything we can do to let people know where to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite extensive damage across western North Carolina, Trump said he saw no reason for the storm to cast doubt on the North Carolina election results.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Infobox\" data-module=\"\" data-gtm-region=\"What to know about the 2024 Election Today's news: Follow live updates from the campaign trail from the AP. Ground Game: Sign up for AP's weekly politics newsletter to get it in your inbox every Monday. AP's Role: The Associated Press is the most trusted source of information on election night, with a history of accuracy dating to 1848. Learn more.\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Infobox-items RichTextBody\">\n<p><b>What to know about the 2024 Election<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cNo, I think in a way, it\u2019s the opposite,\u201d Trump said. \u201cI mean, we\u2019re so impressed, and I think they have a pretty good system here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republican Renee Kyro, who lives a short drive from <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hurricane-helene-chimney-rock-north-carolina-da802219b70161816b73b24482b50684\">the devastated mountain town of Chimney Rock<\/a><\/span>, said she knows \u201cplenty of Trump supporters who lost everything,\u201d and others who remain in their homes but don\u2019t have reliable internet or phone connections and may not know their polling location.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll go door to door if I have to,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>State Sen. Natalie Murdock, who doubles as political director for Democrats\u2019 coordinated campaign in the state, said the party has the apparatus to reach their target voters in the disaster zone. Field workers in some of Democrats\u2019 two-dozen-plus offices around the state have engaged in recovery efforts, distributing water and other supplies to residents.<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, urged Trump not to \u201cshare lies or misinformation\u201d about the storm recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Many storm survivors lost everything, and they want help and truth, Cooper said Monday at a briefing in Asheville.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should work together to give them both,\u201d the governor said. \u201cStorm recovery cannot be partisan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Edwards, who represents Asheville and surrounding areas in Congress, put out a long statement last month debunking \u201coutrageous rumors\u201d that FEMA was halting trucks from bringing in supplies, abandoning rescue efforts to bulldoze <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hurricane-helene-chimney-rock-north-carolina-da802219b70161816b73b24482b50684\">Chimney Rock<\/a><\/span>, running out of money and more. He did not defend FEMA from Trump\u2019s criticism Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Edwards, who owns McDonald\u2019s franchises, presented Trump with what he called a \u201cFrench fry certification pin\u201d in a nod to the former president\u2019s photo opportunity Sunday at one of the fast-food restaurants. <\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre called Trump\u2019s FEMA comments \u201cdangerous\u201d and said they had been <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hurricane-helene-trump-musk-conspiracy-theories-misinformation-fe81869765d778ac2ff3dc5f9ac18e10\">debunked on a bipartisan basis<\/a><\/span>. She said 5,500 federal personnel were in North Carolina and Florida after Helene and Hurricane Milton and noted that $2 billion in federal assistance had been approved for those affected in North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are dangerous,\u201d Jean-Pierre said of Trump\u2019s remarks. \u201cThey are unhelpful. It is not what leadership looks like.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Democrats are running both on Helene and Mark Robinson<\/h2>\n<p>Even before Helene, North Carolina was all the more compelling because of its history of split-ticket voting. It\u2019s one of the few states that features competitive governor\u2019s races concurrent with presidential contests.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have carried the presidential electoral vote just once since 1992 \u2014 in Barack Obama\u2019s narrow win in 2008. Republicans have won just one governor\u2019s race in the same span. Four years ago, Cooper won reelection by 4.5 points despite Trump outpacing Biden. He\u2019s prevented by term limit laws from running again.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats hope Republican gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson\u2019s latest struggles, centered on CNN\u2019s revelations that the state\u2019s first Black lieutenant governor once called himself a \u201cBlack Nazi\u201d and posted lascivious statements on a porn website, turn thousands of Cooper-Trump voters into supporters of Harris and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Josh Stein. Robinson has denied the allegations and <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-carolina-governor-robinson-porn-posts-e195d3d8a03ce7d0b3496ab7cecefbe7\">sued<\/a><\/span> CNN, calling its report defamatory.<\/p>\n<p>Trump demurred Monday when asked whether voters should support Robinson, whom Trump has endorsed and has referred to as \u201cMartin Luther King on steroids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not familiar with the state of the race right now,\u201d he said. \u201cI haven\u2019t seen it.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>Associated Press writers Thomas Beaumont in Des Moines, Iowa, Colleen Long in Washington and Jonathan J. 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