Playbook reports:
Touring devastation in Georgia, Trump declared falsely that local leaders hadn’t been able to connect with Biden. (In fact, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said he’d talked with Biden, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said his state got what it needed.)
Trump was first to visit the damage in person, and he launched a GoFundMe that has raised more than $1 million. He criticized Democrats for not responding quickly.
Biden announced later that he’ll go to North Carolina tomorrow and Georgia and Florida when possible. Harris got a briefing at FEMA and said she’d visit as soon as it wouldn’t interrupt disaster relief operations. Trump slammed Harris as absent and too busy fundraising for her campaign.
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At this writing, Trump’s GoFundMe has raised nearly $2.8 million. The top donation is $500,000 from billionaire investor Steve Witkoff, who was with Trump on the golf course when the gunman was apprehended.
Multiple cultists on social media are falsely claiming that Trump has personally donated $25 million to hurricane relief. Trump, as you surely know, has made virtually no donations to ANY charity ever.
The second tweet below has two million views.
Trump donated $25 million of his OWN money, too.
And sadly, the ACTUAL President and VP are nowhere to be found. Complete and utter dereliction of duty. https://t.co/L7Pn619bGl
— UltraMAGA Ginger 🇺🇸 (@4TrumpDogs) September 30, 2024
When tragedy struck, one candidate responded by staging a photo with a blank paper.
The other flew to the scene and donated $25M.
Vote accordingly. pic.twitter.com/Faqxm5ssUh
— BLAIRE WHITE (@MsBlaireWhite) September 30, 2024