Texas, FEMA and Trump
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As Texas continues to recover after historic flooding earlier this month, Whoopi Goldberg had a blunt message for anyone arguing that victims don’t deserve relief if they voted for Donald Trump: “Damn you.”
Rachel Maddow introduces viewers to the unfamiliar image of Donald Trump's pick to lead FEMA, David Richardson, who finally made an appearance in Texas more than a week after flooding killed scores of people.
ABC News reported that the death toll from the flooding that ravaged Central Texas over the 4th of July weekend had reached 133. Many Democrats, following the tragedy, are highly critical of the Trump administration — arguing that draconian cuts to the National Weather Service (NWS) will make disasters worse.
The visit by acting Administrator David Richardson is his first known trip to a disaster site since President Donald Trump made him FEMA’s top official.
Just days into his second term, President Trump said he was going to recommend that the Federal Emergency Management Agency “go away,” dismissing the agency as bloated and ine
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Just weeks ago, President Donald Trump said he wanted to begin “phasing out” the Federal Emergency Management Agency after this hurricane season to “wean off of FEMA” and “bring it down to the state level.
Since the Fourth of July disaster, which has killed at least 120 people and left more than 170 missing, the president has been conspicuously silent on his past repeated promises to do away with FEMA.
The administration supported search and rescue operations in Kerr County, Texas, after at least 120 people died and dozens went missing in deadly floods.