Georgia and North Carolina are two swing states where a large number of hurricane victims reside. Republican Donald Trump has harshly criticized the Biden-Harris administration’s response to the crisis.
His remarks have been deemed “extraordinarily irresponsible” by Vice President Kamala Harris, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) has refuted several of his assertions.
Fema has called false information about its efforts “extremely damaging” and feels that it has deterred some survivors from seeking assistance as it gets ready for Hurricane Milton.
Verify has been examining the statements made by prominent Republicans like Trump.
Since the catastrophe, Trump and his associates have made the accusation at several campaign events that funds intended for disaster relief have instead been used to fund unauthorized immigration into the United States.
Trump claimed last week in Michigan that “Kamala spent all her Fema money—billions of dollars—on housing for illegal migrants.”
The Democratic nominee Kamala Harris has not spent “all her Fema money” on hosting these immigrants, despite what Trump claims.
The US government organization Fema maintains a Disaster Relief Fund, valued at nearly $20 billion in the most recent fiscal year, specifically designated for use in hurricane and other natural disaster relief efforts.
