What did Team Trump claim about disaster aid on 21 Sep 2026?
Team Trump, Donald Trump's campaign organization (@TeamTrump on X) ·
Where was Roy Cooper when Helene slammed into North Carolina? In New York speaking at a New York Times "Climate Forward" event.
Cooper's New York event was on Sept. 25, 2024, before the storm. Helene struck North Carolina on Sept. 26 and 27, while Cooper was directing the state's response from Raleigh.
The National Hurricane Center's report on Helene says it made landfall in Florida around 0310 UTC on 27 September 2024 (11:10 p.m. EDT on Sept. 26) and reached the Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina border region by 1200 UTC that day, when widespread destruction was occurring across the southern Appalachians (NHC Tropical Cyclone Report AL092024). Releases from Cooper's office datelined Raleigh show him declaring a state of emergency on Sept. 25 and briefing the state on the storm on Sept. 26 and 27, 2024 (NC Governor's office; NC Department of Public Safety).
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- Post on the Team Trump account on X attacking Roy Cooper, the Democratic Senate nominee in North Carolina.
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