JD Vance condemns a Fem’s response to the devastation of Helena in the first trip as a vp
Damascus, Va. – Vice -President JD Vance on Monday traveled to Damascus, VirginiaThe city on the southwestern edge of the state that hit Hurry of Helena in September.
The visit to Damascus and his first official journey as Vice President, and only a few days after the president, was the second time Donald Trump He traveled to Western North Caroline on January 24th to visit areas that still fight for recovery after hurricane.
“Local administration work, the state government is doing hard, local communities and non -profit organizations and churches work on Breakneck Speed, and yet you have a federal government – the largest institution with the most money – this does not do its job.
Vance met Virginia Government Glenn Youngkin, Todd Pillion State Senator, Damasac Mayor Katie Lamb, as well as local law officials and firefighters for a private debate on a round table upon arrival at the Damascus Fire Department just before 1pm and Lamb described described. -UP photographs showing the streets in the downtown Damascus that were flooded after Helena passed through the area 27 September, causing a stream that passes through the city to the overflow.
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Trump and Vance were loud in their criticism for Fem’s treatment with the consequences of Hurricane Helena before and shortly after they assumed their duty. The White House posted plans for the creation of the Agency’s assessment council last week and how to manage the help of Americans during a disaster.
In mid-January, Fema planned to end temporary assistance in housing-which gave hotel vouchers financed by FEMA to those influenced by Hurricanes- About 2,000 inhabitants of North Carolina On the same weekend, the Snow Storm blew the area, but the agency has since extended that deadline several times after public exit, and the latest extension is the deadline on May 26.
“What I heard most when I was in Western N North Carolina, But they could not because Fema marked that these particular areas could not be acceptable for the type of assistance that would allow people in the first place to set that temporary case. It’s another example of the kind of thing that is broken because of the federal response, “Vance said.
Trump stopped at Fletcher and Swanno in North Carolina on January 24th to share his plans for the area and heard from the locals who lost everything in Hurricane.
Several Swannano residents who spoke with Fox News Digital during the president’s visit were complaining about a government bureaucracy that made them difficult to get financial or housing in reasonable time. Others expressed that while they were given help from FEMA after the hurricane took everything they had, it was not enough to help them get back to their feet.
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Vance said that “one of the moves” is from his first week as vice -president that Americans “should have more expectations for their federal government.”
“The Government is just as wrong as the people who lead it. But we can do much better than we have in the last few years.”
“I talked to so many people who, in fact, will say, ‘Well, it’s a federal government, all bureaucracy, all bureaucracy. “No, no, no, no. Said Vance. “We will not be perfect. We will never be. The government is as wrong as the people who manage it. But we can do much better than we have in the last few years.”
Vice -President, who has family ties to Appalachia, noted that the region “was neglected and left behind for decades, generations in this country.”
“Again, we will never be perfect, but I promise you that this administration will not forget you. We love you. Let’s root for you,” Vance said. “And we want to be part of this incredible recovery here in southwestern Virginia. God bless you.”
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More than 200 people died due to Hurricane Helena in six countries, including Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Recovery is a huge and permanent endeavor in many areas of the Appalachian region that were destroyed by historical floods Strong winds at the end of September, and many residents in these areas who lost their homes in Storm still live in campers and tents four months later.
The American Army Corps says that only half of the recovery from the debris from Hurricane Helena has been completed.