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Trump_s FEMA denies North Carolina_s request for Hurricane Helene aid(MP3_160K) · NO FILTER

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  Speaker 1: Last year, when Donald Trump was running for president and
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  Speaker 1: Hurricane Helene, remember that one, ripped through several states, including
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  Speaker 1: North Carolina, Trump made some very serious promises to the
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  Speaker 1: people there. Think of it.
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  Speaker 2: People are dying in North Carolina, They're dying all over
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  Speaker 2: those five six states. They're dying, and they're getting no
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  Speaker 2: help from our federal government because they have no money,
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  Speaker 2: because their money has been spent on people that should
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  Speaker 2: not be in our country. And when our president, North
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  Speaker 2: Carolina will get the.
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  Speaker 3: Support you need and deserve.
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  Speaker 2: And that is without question, you didn't get the proper
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  Speaker 2: support from this administration. They spent their money on illegal migrants.
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  Speaker 3: I will support and totally complete the rebuilding of every
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  Speaker 3: region in town and city that was devastated by the hurricane.
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  Speaker 3: And I will slash through every bureaucratic barrier that you're
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  Speaker 3: having already.
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  Speaker 1: Now President Trump is president again, so you might reasonably
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  Speaker 1: expect him to deliver on this grave promise to give
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  Speaker 1: North Carolina and the other impacted states the support they
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  Speaker 1: need and deserve.
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  Speaker 2: Well.
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  Speaker 1: Instead, the governor North Carolina received this letter after his
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  Speaker 1: state was denied additional federal support back in April, Donald
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  Speaker 1: Trump's FEMA writes postmark May twenty second, After a careful
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  Speaker 1: and thorough review of all the information available, we've concluded
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  Speaker 1: that an extension of the one hundred percent federal cost
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  Speaker 1: share for debris removal and emergency protective measures, including direct
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  Speaker 1: federal assistance for inititional one hundred days, is not warranted. Tough,
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  Speaker 1: too bad. This is amid the Trump administration's effort to
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  Speaker 1: dismantle and destroy FEMA as an agency, and that is
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  Speaker 1: not hyperbole. In January, Trump said, literally, I think we're
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  Speaker 1: going to recommend that FEMA go away, after touring the
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  Speaker 1: damage in North Carolina. Days later, in wildfire ravage California,
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  Speaker 1: he added, you don't need FEMA, you need a good
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  Speaker 1: state government. In furtherance of that goal, Trump tapped David
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  Speaker 1: richards into lead FEMA, a guy who, according to the
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  Speaker 1: Wall Street Journal quote, doesn't have a background in emergency management.
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  Speaker 1: Why would you need one? Earlier this month, Richardson also
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  Speaker 1: reportedly acknowledged in private meetings that, with two weeks to
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  Speaker 1: go until hurricane season, the agency didn't yet have a
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  Speaker 1: fully formed disaster response plan. Hurricane season begins on June first,
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  Speaker 1: it's three days away. It's unclear what if any federal help,
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  Speaker 1: vulnerable states will get to prepare for and recover from
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  Speaker 1: what forecasters predict will be an above average hurricane season.