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Not the one that spent the weekend on Rehoboth Beach. Not the one who couldn’t plug her earbuds into her phone while „receiving updates“ on the disaster response, either.
We’re talking about the president bringing his own disaster response to Valdosta, Georgia. Donald Trump announced that we would personally airlift critical necessities to the disaster area left behind by Hurricane Helene, while Joe Biden and Kamala Harris remain . elsewhere. Trump made the announcement on Twitter/X rather than just on Truth Social:
We are now heading to Valdosta, Georgia, in order to pay my respects and bring lots of relief material, including fuel, equipment, water, and other things, to the State. Many politicians and Law Enforcement will be there. We’ll be saying hello to Franklin Graham, Burt Jones,…— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2024
. We’ll be saying hello to Franklin Graham, Burt Jones, Tyler Harper, Mike Collins, Austin Scott, Russ Goodman, Sam Watson, and the Mayor of Valdosta Scott James. They are working very hard. I was also going to stop into North Carolina, which has really been hit hard. I have a lot of supplies ready for them, but access and communication is now restricted, and we want to make sure that Local Emergency Management is able to focus on helping the people most affected, and not being concerned with me. I’ll be there shortly, but don’t like the reports that I’m getting about the Federal Government, and the Democrat Governor of the State, going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas. MAGA!
That last part may not be accurate, at least not in terms of intent. The White House and FEMA appear to have been caught flat-footed on emergency response overall, not just in targeted areas. The impacted region tends to be more Republican than Democrat, as do most rural areas, so the impact of incompetence would be felt along those lines. But it doesn’t mean that the federal and North Carolina governments are specifically withholding aid based on politics.
