“Fox has obtained a fact sheet assembled by the majority side of House Appropriations Committee about disaster aid,” the network’s Senior Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram posts, careful not to use the word “Republican” because No True Republican would dare say the rest of the post:
“It says that FEMA ‘has enough funding in the short-term to address immediate needs for both Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton.’ It also declares there is ‘no funding connection between’ the migrant shelter program and the Disaster Relief Fund. It adds there is ‘no intermingling of funding between these two programs.’ It adds that ‘the only connection is that both programs are administered by FEMA.’”
So House Republicans say Trump’s claims about FEMA money for hurricane response being diverted to migrant care are complete bullshit. Now if they’ll only state the “only $750 per victim” claim is a lie, too, FEMA might be able to actually help people.