In a scathing blog post, Trump’s out niece, Mary Trump, compared her uncle’s hurricane response to his botched response to the COVID-19 pandemic while in the Oval Office.
“The Biden administration has been doing everything possible to help the people who have been and will be affected by these devastating hurricanes,” Mary Trump wrote. “In an attempt to gain the upper hand, Donald and his subordinates have been spreading disinformation about relief efforts in order to put a dent in Vice President Harris’ campaign while trying to prop up his.”
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Trump has falsely accused the federal government of abandoning the public, of only offering victims a mere $750 in aid and of using Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds to house immigrants. None of these claims are true and they have resulted in harassment of FEMA workers, immigrants and public officials in affected areas.
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Despite Trump and his fellow extremists’ continued accusations that the federal government is mishandling disaster relief, several Republican governors have debunked those claims and have publicly thanked the Biden administration for its unwavering support.
“For any other politician, these lies at a time of national crisis would be disqualifying,” Mary Trump wrote. “For him, they never are, but they may prove to be deadly to those of his supporters who, because of those lies, lose faith in the government’s ability or willingness to help them. But Donald is achieving exactly what he intends to — more division, more uncertainty, and more mistrust of the government.”
Mary Trump pointed out that her uncle and his cronies are spreading so many lies that President Joe Biden had to address the nation to denounce them.
Indeed, Biden recently slammed the “reckless, irresponsible and relentless promotion of disinformation and outright lies that are disturbing people” and “undermining confidence” in the recovery work underway in the states hit by the hurricanes.
“Assertions have been made that property is being confiscated,” he continued. “That’s simply not true.” He also refuted claims that those impacted by the storms will only receive $750.
“They’re saying the money needed for this crisis is being diverted to migrants. What a ridiculous thing to say. It’s not true,” Biden said.
Mary Trump also praised Kamala Harris for calling into CNN and the Weather Channel to dispense important information for folks in the path of Hurricane Milton.
She also cited FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency), which, before Milton reached Florida, said it already had 1,000 responders on the ground, plus 400 ambulances, 20 helicopters, 60 high-water vehicles, 1,400 search-and-rescue workers, seven incident management teams, 20 million meals, and 40 million liters of water, among other preparations.
“While Biden and Harris are coordinating the effort to save lives before, during, and after Milton makes landfall, Donald spent the day praising Bill O’Reilly, calling women ‘dumb,’ and bragging about the size of the crowd at his recent rally,” Mary Trump said. “He also continued to spread dangerous and potentially deadly lies—because it suits his purposes.”
Mary Trump concluded by reminding followers of something she wrote in her book Too Much and Never Enough: “If [Donald Trump] can in any way profit from your death, he’ll facilitate it, and then he’ll ignore the fact that you died.”
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