newsweek: "Trump Refused Disaster Relief Until He Knew It Helped GOP Voters--Ex-Aide"

[orleans]

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-refused-disaster-relief-until-he-knew-it-helped-gop-votersex-aide-1963600

Mark Harvey, ex-aide to former President Donald Trump, said that while in office, Trump initially refused to provide disaster relief for California due to the state's Democratic lean, according to Politico's E&E News.

Harvey, senior director for resilience policy on the National Security Council during the Trump administration, said in the article published Thursday that the former president only decided to provide relief after Harvey showed Trump that Orange County, ravaged by wildfires in 2018, had a high number of Trump supporters.

"We went as far as looking up how many votes he got in those impacted areas ... to show him these are people who voted for you," Harvey told the outlet.

A person familiar with the matter told Newsweek,"There was a consistent pattern of delay that required us to pull together all information we could to help move disaster aid quickly," during the Trump administration.

so FEMA has a rumor response page up (possibly inspired by trump and trumpists)

https://www.fema.gov/disaster/current/hurricane-helene/rumor-response

example:

Rumor: FEMA distributes aid based on demographic characteristics.
Fact:
FEMA provides assistance to survivors regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, English proficiency or economic status.

October 4, 2024

[Emile]

1. Worst president ever!

[Vogon_Glory]

2. Like it says in the Bible...

Yes, that book Donnie’s Fundamentalist base likes to wave around and shout about:

“Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.”

Matthew chapter 7, verse 7

[Kid Berwyn]

3. Traitor.

When he intentionally hurts the people he swore to protect, there’s more than a felony involved.