CNN anchor Dana Bash on Sunday pressed Republican National Committee co-Chair Lara Trump on former President Trump’s deceptive claims about the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) reduction help out there to residents.
In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Bash requested Lara Trump whether or not she was involved for her fellow North Carolinians and particularly requested about Trump’s suggestion that the Biden administration is barely providing $750 to Americans in restoration cash when that sum is designated for fast reduction, per household, as step one of their restoration.
“I’m incredibly concerned in North Carolina. I hear every day from people on the ground there, and they are desperate for help. It is a dire situation there. I actually think we don’t even know the extent yet of truly how bad it is there,” the previous president’s daughter-in-law stated.
“And, look, Kamala Harris did come out and say it’s $750 per family right now,” Lara Trump continued earlier than pivoting to an assault on annual spending and on failed insurance policies on the southern border, which Lara Trump blamed on Harris.
Bash pushed again on some of Lara Trump’s remarks and stated, “But my question is about the misinformation, particularly the notion that they are moving money to migrants, to, you say, undocumented migrants, which FEMA says flatly is not true,” Bash stated.
“And if people are not getting correct information, then they can’t go for the, for assistance,” as they recuperate.
Bash then performed a video of Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) saying that he was impressed with the federal response to Hurricane Helene, noting it's “a region that wasn’t likely to have experienced the impact that they did.”
“For anybody who thinks that any level of government, anybody here could have been prepared precisely for what we’re dealing with here, clearly are clueless,” Tillis stated within the clip. “But right now, I’m out here to say that we’re doing a good job.”
When Bash famous that Tillis was apparently pushing again on claims that the previous president and others have made, Lara Trump stated, “I’m so glad to hear that he feels that way, but it’s coming directly from people there.”
“You can go online and you can look at videos of people recording themselves and posting online saying, ‘We need help. No one has come here. We have nothing,’” Lara Trump added.
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