WASHINGTON − Former President Donald Trump's fundraiser to profit victims of Hurricane Helene has raised greater than two million {dollars} as of Tuesday.
Meredith O’Rourke, the nationwide finance director for Trump’s marketing campaign, set up the fundraiser on the web site GoFundMe. She organized a similar page this summer season for victims of the taking pictures at Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Trump’s marketing campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung confirmed to USA TODAY that the GoFundMe web page is reliable and licensed by the previous president.
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The fundraiser has acquired over 14,000 donations, with $500,000 from former Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler of Geeorgia, who gave $500,000, according to its page.
“All donations will be directed to help those most affected by Hurricane Helene,” the page reads. “Any level of generosity will go a long way for your fellow Americans who are suffering.”
Hurricane Helene, which had ravaged southeastern states together with North Carolina and Florida, left greater than 100 useless and tens of millions with out energy. More than 30 inches of rain had been recorded in some areas of western North Carolina, with homes and communities swept away.
During a go to to Valdosta, Georgia, on Monday, Trump falsely claimed Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp had not been in a position to attain President Joe Biden about reduction efforts.
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Yet Kemp himself on Monday recounted a dialog he had with Biden the day earlier than in which the president requested the governor, “‘Hey, what do you need?'”
Biden “offered that if there's other things we need, just to call him directly, which, I appreciate that,” Kemp mentioned.
Biden is scheduled to go to North Carolina on Wednesday, and Vice President Kamla Harris, Trump's rival for the presidency, can be planning a go to to the catastrophe space.
Harris received a briefing at FEMA headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Monday.
“Over the past few days, our nation has endured some of the worst destruction and devastation that we have seen in quite some time,” she said. “And we have responded with our best, with the best folks who are on the ground.”
Contributing: Joey Garrison, David Jackson, John Bacon and Sarah Honosky
