Stillwater Townie
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Whatever, President Biden had better place a call to DeSantis over Hurricane Milton.
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Hurricane Milton now Cat 4, forecast to reach Cat 5. Mike Johnson refuses to call Congress back to vote to Fund FEMA for 2024
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He has
Heh. You still waste your time on Twitter.
Democrats are giving the hurricane gift cards and putting it up in luxury hotels!
Nope. I'm never on twitter.
PF5
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LOL...reminds me of the time I argued with my brother about the 'voter fraud'...long story short, I mentioned that it existed to some extent on both sides...he said, nope, only the Democrats were cheating...
Stillwater Townie
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Then Trump better demand that the Biden Administration stop seeding and manipulating Hurricane Milton at once, and he will put everybody in prison who has been doing it when he is president. If he really says something like that, I won't be too shocked.
Stillwater Townie
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The majority of California is red, map wise, such as the Okie part, the Central Valley.
FACT CHECK: Matt Gaetz Post About FEMA Funding Is From Hurricane Ian, Not Hurricane Helene
An image on X claims to show a post from Republican Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz as related to Hurricane Helene.
Verdict: Misleading
The post is two years old and refers to Hurricane Ian, not Hurricane Helene.
Fact Check:
Hurricane Helene has claimed the title of the deadliest land hurricane since 2005, killing more than 230 people and wiping out entire towns, per ABC News.
On Sept. 30, a post was shared to X with the caption, “Call out their lies.” It shows a post from Gaetz and a reply from Democratic Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly, implying that the posts are recent.
This claim is misleading. The image captures a post from Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, who called for the federal government to provide aid to “my fellow Florida Man in need of grave assistance,” referring to victims of natural disaster. The post is from Gaetz added a plea for Congress to provide “half of what you sent Ukraine.” The post is dated Oct. 2, 2022.
The call was made amid the devastation from Hurricane Ian, which tore through Florida in 2022, almost exactly two years before the ongoing disaster of Hurricane Helene. Connolly replied to Gaetz’s post, saying that Congress had “passed a bill” which “included $18.8 billion for FEMA’s hurricane response.” He added that “every Florida Republican, including Matt Gaetz, voted no” on the proposal. This post is also dated Oct. 2, 2022.
The original post from Gaetz came after he voted against a budget bill with several different relief provisions, Newsweek reported at the time. As noted by Politico, the controversial package included disaster relief funds for Americans as well as over $12 billion to support Ukraine.
Although the resurfaced posts were from the time of Hurricane Ian, Gaetz did vote against a recent bill tied to FEMA funding. His current concern about FEMA assistance for victims of Hurricane Helene is related to reports that money from the federal aid program was inappropriately used to support illegal immigrants.
According to an Oct. 4 press release from Gaetz’s office, whistleblowers have revealed that “FEMA has severe mismanagement issues,” resulting in “federal, state, and local responders on the ground
to assist with Hurricane Helene recovery efforts without deployment orders.” The reports followed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) having “redirected $1.4 billion of taxpayer dollars on illegal aliens.” (RELATED:
Gaetz submitted a letter demanding an explanation from Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who had just declared that FEMA “does not have enough funds to make it through the [hurricane] season,” per the Associated Press. FEMA also recently published information about the program in an effort to debunk rumors circulating about the relief program.
Gaetz submitted a letter demanding an explanation from Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who had just declared that FEMA “does not have enough funds to make it through the [hurricane] season,” per the Associated Press. FEMA also recently published information about the program in an effort to debunk rumors circulating about the relief program.
