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The former president falsely accused the Biden administration of spending disaster funding on migrants, neglecting areas that had voted for Republicans and ignoring a call from a Republican governor.
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Congressional leaders deferred a debate over sending federal money to respond to Hurricane Helene until after the election, delaying a potentially messy political fight.
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 CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty ImagesHomeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told reporters Wednesday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency does not have enough funding to make it through the hurricane season, and Republicans both in Congress and out are not taking it well.
Seething lawmakers and right-wing commentators latched onto the Department of Homeland Security's decision last year to award $640 million in FEMA-administered funds to assist state and local governments in dealing with a recent influx of migrants and asylum seekers, blaming the allocation for the shortfall.
"Kamala spent all of her FEMA money—billions of dollars—on housing for illegal migrants," former President Donald Trump told a rally crowd in Saginaw, Michigan.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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