Disaster aid: what they said and what the record shows
What right-wing public figures said about disaster aid, set against what happened and the record. 14 claims.
- “Where was Roy Cooper when Helene slammed into North Carolina? In New York speaking at a New York Times "Climate Forward" event.”
- “But the big problem here was your Roy Cooper, when he was governor, we had the hurricane and he did nothing. He did absolutely nothing. He was abandoned. He…”
- “The Democrats constantly talk about Environmental Pollution and Protection, and yet, they think it's OK to have hundreds of thousands of gallons a day of…”
- “Do you know they haven't issued one building permit yet. These people are trying to rebuild the houses.”
- “They lost like 25,000 homes. … Almost 25,000 homes.”
- “The United States Military just entered the Great State of California and, under Emergency Powers, TURNED ON THE WATER flowing abundantly from the Pacific…”
- “… NO MONEY IN FEMA. THIS IS WHAT JOE BIDEN IS LEAVING ME. THANKS JOE!”
- “North Carolina, all over the place, those people. Nobody even showed up. You know why? They spent all their money on illegal migrants.”
- “Kamala spent all her FEMA money, billions of dollars, on housing for illegal migrants, many of whom should not be in our country…”
- “The governor needs to -- he's been trying to get them, and I'm sure they're going to come through. But he's been calling the president, hasn't been able to get…”
- “So Hurricane Laura was a category 4 storm, and it was actually, for a little while, a 5. It was up to 175, almost 180 miles an hour”
- “Just approved (and fast) the FULL Emergency Declaration for the Great State of Iowa.”
- “But the Coast Guard itself saved, in Texas, 16,000 lives, and they went right through that hurricane.”
- “And in Florida, you got hit with the strongest winds ever recorded. It actually hit the Keys with a—it was a category 5.”