[Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro] Mayorkas was not specific about how much additional money the agency may need, but his remarks on Air Force One underscored concerns voiced by President Joe Biden and some lawmakers earlier this week that Congress may need to pass a supplemental spending bill this fall to help states with recovery efforts.
In reference: #10 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2024-10-03 03:09 PM
MAGAts post and re-post 100% BS because they believe that everyone is as gullible and stupid as they are.
@#10 ... Dems siphoned off hundreds of millions of dollars from FEMA to fund other things. ...
FEMA Responds to Accusations Money Spent on Migrants
www.newsweek.com
... The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has responded to "false" claims that money being spent on illegal migrants should be spent on disaster relief funds in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.[emphasis mine]
This week, Republicans, including Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Donald Trump Jr., took issue with $640 million of FEMA funding allocated for assisting migrants after Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' said that FEMA was "meeting the immediate needs with the money that we have," while adding that the agency did not have enough funding to make it through another hurricane this season. ...
Donald Trump Jr, son of Republican nominee Donald Trump, posted: "So FEMA is almost out of money to help with Federal Emergencies (you know the FE in FEMA) because they spent almost $1,000,000,000 helping illegal immigrants over the last two years."
The government agency has set up a page to address these circulating rumors regarding its response to Hurricane Helene, which hit numerous East Coast states at the end of September, killing at least 120 people.
Addressing claims that FEMA does not have enough money to help with the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, the page reads: "FEMA has enough money right now for immediate response and recovery needs. If you were affected by Helene, do not hesitate to apply for disaster assistance as there is a variety of help available for different needs."
Replying to the rumor that funding for FEMA disaster response had been "diverted to support international efforts or border related issues," the government agency said on its specially dedicated fact check page: "This is false. No money is being diverted from disaster response needs.
FEMA's disaster response efforts and individual assistance is funded through the Disaster Relief Fund, which is a dedicated fund for disaster efforts. Disaster Relief Fund money has not been diverted to other, non-disaster related efforts." ...
You may not like the process, but if you want to say something that silly, at least define your terms and conditions for what you define a "budget" as or what you are talking about. Do you mean the last time a 100% stand-alone appropriation bill was passed? Do you mean the last time an annual budget was passed? Do you mean the last time a budget was passed on deadline?
For the record:
www.gsa.gov
Meanwhile, while MAGA is spreading lies...
New Jersey search and rescue joins in Helene search; death toll reaches 215
www.upi.com
... A FEMA search and rescue team from New Jersey has joined in the Hurricane Helene relief efforts in the South, traveling to North Carolina to aid victims this week as the death toll continued to climb.
New Jersey Task Force 1, a FEMA urban search and rescue team, traveled to Asheville, N.C., one of the hardest hit areas to provide service.
"It's surreal," Kevin Morrissey, the program manager for New Jersey Task Force 1, told KYW-TV. "It's the truest definition of a flash flood that came down the mountains, brought up massive amounts of debris and dirt had, you know, strength that I've never seen before." ...
This is what Trump and his Oompa Loompas have wrought through their geyser of lies:
North Carolina Republican Pleads To End Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories About Helene Disaster Recovery
In a Thursday afternoon Facebook post, state Sen. Kevin Corbin, who represents the state's westernmost area, asked his followers for a favor: "Will you all help STOP this conspiracy theory junk that is floating all over Facebook and the internet about the floods in WNC."
Corbin listed several examples: "FEMA is stealing money from donations, body bags ordered but government has denied, bodies not being buried, government is controlling the weather from Antarctica, government is trying to get lithium from WNC, stacks of bodies left at hospitals, and on and on and on."
North Carolina state Rep. Lindsey Prather (D), who represents part of Buncombe County, which has been devastated by Helene, told HuffPost that misinformation has affected the recovery effort. She said she's been working around the clock to communicate accurate information to constituents about resources like food distribution sites.
"The biggest issue is rumors and fake memes and photos of people being trapped in areas around the county, and we send folks out to rescue them, and there's no one there to be rescued," Prather said, noting that such efforts require resources that could be used elsewhere.
She emphasized that most of the misinformation she's seen is not intentional; she said it's often residents getting small windows of cell service, going on Facebook and seeing a post about people being trapped, and then sharing it widely without verifying it. People have also spread misinformation about certain parts of the county unfairly getting more resources than others, when the reality is that the disaster response is focused on getting supplies to the most highly populated and accessible areas.
"That's impacting us, too," said the state legislator. "We're having to take time to respond to things like that, and explain to people how disaster response works."MAGA is a mental disease, make no mistake about it. I simply cannot comprehend the amount of deprogramming it will take for so many to accept and respect reality again.
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