Trump Lies, Politicizes Hurricane Helene Disaster

 

The pathologically lying sociopath has never met a human tragedy that he didn't try to exploit:

Donald Trump repeatedly spread falsehoods Monday about the federal response to Hurricane Helene despite claiming not to be politicizing the disaster as he toured hard-hit areas in south Georgia.

The former president and Republican nominee claimed upon landing in Valdosta that President Joe Biden was “sleeping” and not responding to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who he said was “calling the president and hasn’t been able to get him.” He repeated the claim at an event with reporters after being told Kemp said he had spoken to Biden.

White House Karine Jean-Pierre pushed back against Trump’s assertion that Biden has been unresponsive during her daily press briefing, noting that Kemp himself told reporters he spoke to Biden on Sunday and that the president asked him what Georgia needed.  [snip]

Biden received frequent updates on the storm, the White House said, as did Harris aboard Air Force Two as she made a West Coast campaign swing. The vice president cut short her campaign trip Monday to return to Washington for a briefing from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Trump, writing on his social media platform Monday, also claimed without evidence that the federal government and North Carolina’s Democratic governor were “going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas.” Asheville, which was devastated by the storm, is solidly Democratic, as is much of Buncombe County, which surrounds it...

Then more of his "truths" started flying:

This two-legged, overstuffed rat (no offense to overstuffed rats!), being the sociopathic narcissist that he is, has no empathy for the victims of the hurricane, just as he has no feelings about the people he rips off every day with his scams.  The Great Divider's desperately trying to throw as much mud at the walls to see what will stick.  A disaster, any disaster, will serve that purpose.

Meanwhile, you can go here to donate to disaster relief operations and do more than Trump will ever do for any of the victims.

BONUS:  Meanwhile, CNN sanewashes Trump's response.

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