GOP Rep Fact-Checks Maria Bartiromo’s FEMA Lies

The Daily Beast reports:

Republican Rep. French Hill shut down Fox News host Maria Bartiromo’s false on-air claim that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is “out of money” to handle crises in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene and with the looming threat of Hurricane Milton.

During Hill’s Tuesday appearance on Fox Business, Bartiromo slammed President Joe Biden, saying that FEMA “running out of money” was “the biggest failure of this administration.” Hill’s response was blunt.

“FEMA is not out of money,” he said, adding that “Congress is ready to replenish the funding as soon as we get back to Washington. They have the money to take care of Florida, take care of North Carolina, and take care of Georgia. They need to get about delivering it and listening to what their governors are asking and meeting those governors’ requests.”

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MARIA BARTIROMO: How it is possible that FEMA is out of money?

GOP REP. FRENCH HILL: FEMA is not out of money pic.twitter.com/RUEzAkUmNY

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