North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday slammed former President Donald Trump for claiming Cooper's office is blocking people and money to help Hurricane Helene victims from entering the western half of the state.
"This is a flat out lie," Cooper, a Democrat, wrote in a post Friday on social media platform X. "We're working with all partners around the clock to get help to people. Trump's lies and conspiracy theories have hurt the morale of first responders and people who lost everything, helped scam artists and put government and rescue workers in danger. - RC"
Trump on Truth Social on Friday wrote, "It has just come out that Democrats in Washington and the Democrat Governor's Office of North Carolina (Roy Cooper) were blocking people and money from coming into North Carolina to help people in desperate need.
"[President Joe] Biden knew about it, and so did [Vice President] Kamala [Harris]! It's all over the place — A HORRIBLE SITUATION. I will make it up to everyone when we take Office on January 20th. HOLD ON, I'M COMING!"
Cooper earlier this week said accusations about lawmakers and the Federal Emergency Management Agency not properly responding to Hurricane Helene's devastation in the southeastern U.S. are "demoralizing."
"This is demoralizing to all of the people who are working so hard: those first responders who went into people's homes and pulled them out of windows in swirling waters; people who are working around the clock to get oxygen bottles and insulin to people in the remote, rugged areas of the mountains; the people who are working to get the power back on," Cooper said in an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Tuesday.
The White House, and Biden himself, have spent days decrying Trump for making what they say are false claims about the disaster response, including that federal funding is being diverted for use on people in the country illegally and that such assistance is capped at $750. The $750 is an immediate need disbursement, Biden explained, to cover urgent requirements like food, diapers, and baby formula.
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