Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump got face-checked to her face Sunday during an appearance on CNN for her father-in-law’s lies about the federal response to Hurricane Helene, and could only resort to more fabrication in a failed attempt to mask her bullshit.
Referencing remarks failed former president Donald Trump made Saturday at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, “State of the Union” host Dana Bash noted, “He said that FEMA is only offering $750 to Americans who have had their homes destroyed. That’s not true. He’s also echoing conspiracy theorists online who falsely claim that the administration is redirecting disaster money for undocumented immigrants. That’s also not true. Why is he spreading misinformation in a crisis like that? And does that concern you about your fellow North Carolinians and how and whether they can actually get help?”
“I’m incredibly concerned in North Carolina,” Lara replied. “I hear every day from people on the ground there and they are desperate for help. It is a dire situation there. I actually think we don’t even know the extent yet of truly how bad it is there. And look, Kamala Harris did come out and say it’s $750 per family right now. The idea that we’ve spent $650 million in fiscal year ’24 on the migrant crisis that Kamala Harris was responsible for stopping, and by all accounts, she created by having an open door policy at our southern border is infuriating to citizens of this country!”
Bash explained that the $750 is just the initial amount from FEMA until all of the damages are assessed, which led Lara to claim that North Carolinians are “screaming for help.”
“It is bad there,” Bash concurred. “But my question is about the misinformation — particularly the notion that they are moving money to migrants. To, you say, undocumented migrants, which FEMA says flatly is not true. And if people are not getting correct information, they can’t go for assistance as they have been asked for.”
“You have migrants being housed in luxury hotels in New York City,” Lara Trump replied. “We have paid so much money from our tax dollars into the crisis. That didn’t need to happen. We could redirect money to help people immediately on the ground in north Florida.”
“That’s a separate tranche of money,” Bash noted .
Bash then played comments from Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), who had this to say about the federal response to the situation in his state:
“I’m actually impressed with how much attention was paid to a region that wasn’t likely to have experienced the impact that they did. For anybody who thinks that any level of government, anybody here could have been prepared precisely for what we’re dealing with here clearly are clueless… But right now, I’m out here to say that we’re doing a good job.”
Lara could only respond, “I’m so glad to hear that he feels that way. But it’s coming directly from people there. You can go online and you can look at videos of people recording themselves and posting online saying, ‘We need help, no one has come here, we have nothing, and no one has even addressed the situation in my neighborhood or my area.’ So I’m glad to hear that. He feels very good about that. And I honestly I hope that we hear more of that.”
