Florida Sen. Rick Scott seized on a shortened, out-of-context clip of Vice President Kamala Harris to make it seem as if she said federal storm relief would be based solely on race. If you watch the actual video, you can see that's not true.
between Chopra Jonas and Harris shows that neither the question nor the answer was solely about Hurricane Ian relief money, but touched on several topics.Chopra Jonas, in a lengthy preamble to her question, spoke about how extreme weather like Hurricane Ian is becoming more frequent and severe. She credited the Biden administration for passing the Inflation Reduction Act, which$369 billion for initiatives such as manufacturing clean energy products, cutting emissions and environmental justice.
Harris responded first by touting the $369 billion in funding in the Inflation Reduction Act"dedicated to addressing the climate crisis," which she said is a crisis"evidenced by Ian, by the wildfires happening in California, the floods, the hurricanes.
Andrew Bates, White House deputy press secretary, called the claims Scott and others made"inaccurate."
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