Lara Trump Defends Trump’s Hurricane Relief Lies

CNN anchor Dana Bash: “He [Trump] 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?”

Lara Trump: “I’m incredibly concerned in North Carolina. 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!”

Dana Bash: “It is bad there. 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, then they can’t go for the for assistance as they have been asked for.”