Sunday, October 06, 2024

Cheeto's lies about the federal response to Hurricane Helene: does he believe the response was too little or too much?

From CNN -

Fact check: Six days of Trump lies about the Hurricane Helene response

Former President Donald Trump has delivered a barrage of lies and distortions about the federal response to Hurricane Helene.

While various misinformation about the response has spread widely without Trump’s involvement, the Republican presidential nominee has been one of the country’s leading deceivers on the subject. Over a span of six days, in public comments and social media posts, Trump has used his powerful megaphone to endorse or invent false or unsubstantiated claims.

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Monday: Trump falsely claims Biden hasn’t answered calls from Georgia’s governor

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Monday: Trump cites baseless ‘reports’ about anti-Republican bias in the North Carolina response

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Thursday: Trump falsely claims the Biden-Harris response had received ‘universally’ negative reviews

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Thursday: Trump falsely claims Harris spent ‘all her FEMA money’ on housing illegal migrants

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Friday: Trump falsely claims $1 billion was ‘stolen’ from FEMA for migrants and has gone ‘missing’

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Saturday: Trump falsely claims the federal government is only giving $750 to people who lost their homes

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Saturday: Trump falsely claims there are ‘no helicopters, no rescue’ in North Carolina 


To be fair to Cheeto,, he's got a history of believing that a minimal response to natural disasters is a good response.

From NBCNews, dated 10/8/2017 -

Trump Defends Throwing Paper Towels to Hurricane Survivors in Puerto Rico

President Donald Trump defended throwing paper towels into a crowd of Puerto Ricans at a relief center in the hurricane-ravaged territory earlier this week and lauded federal relief efforts.

“They had these beautiful, soft towels. Very good towels,” Trump told Mike Huckabee during an interview Saturday with Christian network Trinity Broadcasting.

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Cheeto would *never* criticize people who are less soulless than him, right?

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