{"id":1048670,"date":"2024-10-08T11:45:49","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T15:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1048670"},"modified":"2024-10-08T11:45:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T15:45:50","slug":"fact-donald-trumps-maga-minions-voted-against-disaster-relief-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/fact-donald-trumps-maga-minions-voted-against-disaster-relief-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT: Donald Trump\u2019s MAGA Minions Voted AGAINST Disaster Relief Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"341\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1038290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png 1500w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?resize=300,100 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?resize=768,256 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?resize=1024,341 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In response to the rank hypocrisy of Donald Trump\u2019s MAGA Republicans, who voted against FEMA funding, <\/em><strong><em>DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhile Hurricane Helene was barreling towards the Southeast, dozens of Donald Trump\u2019s cronies in the House voted <em>against <\/em>extending FEMA funding \u2013 and are now spending their time spouting dangerous misinformation in the aftermath. As president, Trump showed us how he\u2019d respond to natural disasters: he spread reckless conspiracy theories and tried to personally withhold aid from disaster-stricken communities for his own selfish political priorities. Now, he\u2019s pushing a Project 2025 agenda that would gut funding for weather preparedness and restrict disaster response efforts. Time and time again, Trump and his MAGA allies have proven that in times of crisis, they can\u2019t be trusted to lead, and will put politics over American lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Not even two weeks ago, as Hurricane Helene was barreling towards the Southeast, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KamalaHQ\/status\/1843360950209925373\"><strong>dozens<\/strong><\/a><strong> of Donald Trump\u2019s MAGA Republicans in the House voted AGAINST<\/strong><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><strong>extending FEMA funding.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to the rank hypocrisy of Donald Trump\u2019s MAGA Republicans, who voted against FEMA funding, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: \u201cWhile Hurricane Helene was barreling towards the Southeast, dozens of Donald Trump\u2019s cronies in the House voted against extending FEMA funding \u2013 and are now spending their time spouting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1048670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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