Donald Trump and Elon Musk have been spreading false claims about FEMA.
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives for a briefing at the Columbia County Emergency Management Agency as he visits areas impacted by Hurricane Helene, Oct. 4, 2024, in Evans, Ga.
"I can only hope that supervisors of elections are prepared to pre-bunk, to get out in front of a lot of this misinformation, that they have a communication plan," Mahadevan said. Woolley told ABC News that disinformation and misinformation surrounding politics and events are "only going to get more pointed" and suggested that people should "be on their high guard."
The White House has been hitting back at the misinformation, stressing that funding for migrant services is run through a separate spigot at Customs and Border Patrol and is not related to FEMA's disaster recovery efforts. FEMA has also created a fact-checking page on its website to address the false claims.for migrant programs at the border. According to a FEMA monthly report, $38 million was given to Immigration and Customs Enforcement in August of that year.
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