The former president blasted federal emergency responders whose work has been stymied by armed harassment and a deluge of misinformation.
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.
Former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney speaks as Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris listens during a town hall at The People’s Light in Malvern, Pa., Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. “We’re working every channel we can, you know?” Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley, a North Carolinian, said. “We’re going to be doing phone calls. We’re going to be doing direct mail. We’ll be doing emails and digital — basically anything we can do to let people know where to go.”
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, urged Trump not to “share lies or misinformation” about the storm recovery. Democrats have carried the presidential electoral vote just once since 1992 — in Barack Obama’s narrow win in 2008. Republicans have won just one governor’s race in the same span. Four years ago, Cooper won reelection by 4.5 points despite Trump outpacing Biden. He’s prevented by term limit laws from running again.In California’s 38th congressional district, Rep.
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