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Trump Offers Hurricane Helene Survivors Furnished Apartments When Biden Only Gave Them $750 — Promises Kept.
The biggest argument against democracy was always that the public is too stupid to maintain it. The MAGAs have insisted for years that this argument was never made with them in mind, and I couldn't agree less. See the information and rhetoric that Trump and Co. were spreading right after Hurricane Helene — which the Leftist Media labeled misinformation — led to a lot of people refusing help from FEMA, for the following reasons;
Remember the $750 that survivors were being offered to buy essentials like food and water? They were told that it was a loan that they had to pay back.
Remember the registration process the survivors had to go through pending assessment of their eligibility for more aid? They were told that that was the government looking to seize all property registered under their names, so naturally many survivors refused to register.
So you can imagine how impressed I was when I heard what Trump has done for Hurricane Helene survivors in Western North Carolina. In a record 4 days, Trump built an entire gated community of apartments and hotels within a golf course that…
