Former President Donald Trump told members of the press during a visit to Asheville, North Carolina, that he was in favor of Congress returning from their recess early to pass additional relief for the victims of Hurricane Helene.
“Now they’re saying, ‘Can we have a special vote? Let’s have a special session,’” he said of members of Congress on Oct. 21. “I’m in favor of that. But somebody has to get back to why did they spend hundreds of millions of dollars on something that they were not supposed to be spending.”
The former president then repeated allegations that the agency was spending funds on taking in illegal immigrants. The Biden administration and FEMA have denied this, with the agency stating on its website that, “No money is being diverted from disaster response needs.”…