Bad man does bad things
Another thing Trump has been pushing lies about: FEMA diverting its money to “migrants” and thus having no money for disaster relief.
False claims that federal emergency disaster money was given to migrants in the U.S. illegally have spread quickly in recent days, boosted by former President Donald Trump and some of his most high-profile supporters.
Trump repeated one of the more extreme baseless allegations during a rally Thursday in Saginaw, Michigan, saying that the money had been stolen. “They stole the FEMA money, just like they stole it from a bank, so they could give it to their illegal immigrants that they want to have vote for them this season,” Trump said.
That was October 4. He’s still doing it.
By what standard is FEMA being held to? The property damage is widespread, and there were hundreds of thousands of people affected. Can they be expected to help everyone all at once? Just because some disgruntled Fox news watchers complain that their houses haven’t been rebuilt in a week, doesn’t mean that FEMA isn’t doing an outstanding job of disaster relief, because they are.
Ask not what your country can do for you, let Donnie tell you what your country failed to do for you.