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President Donald Trump’s administration has denied Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s request to give local governments more time to apply for federal disaster assistance after Hurricane Helene.
unpaywalled take:
Throughout the 2024 campaign cycle, Kemp was reluctant to join Trump on the campaign trail despite Georgia's status as a competitive battleground state. In June of last year, Kemp said he didn't vote for Trump in the Peach State's Republican primary, though he ultimately endorsed him in August.
The request for aid was bipartisan in nature, as both Sens. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) joined Kemp's request to extend the deadline for municipalities to apply for aid. Ossoff told the Journal-Constitution that FEMA's decision to hold fast to the cutoff date was "wrong."
Additionally, Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns (R-Newington) and Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper, who is also a Republican, urged the administration to elaborate when aid promised to the Peach State's farmers would be disbursed. They wrote that "Georgia’s communities are still facing unprecedented losses and millions of dollars in incurred clean-up costs."
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Where is the generous Donald Trump, who (while campaigning for president) tossed chicken fingers to the hurricane ravaged survivors at the Alabama/Georgia football game?
unpaywalled take:
'Will not make it through': Georgia Republicans urge Trump to reconsider Helene aid denial
"Based on our review of all the information available, it has been determined that the increased level of funding you have requested ... is not warranted," acting Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) administrator Cameron Hamilton wrote in a letter to Kemp.Throughout the 2024 campaign cycle, Kemp was reluctant to join Trump on the campaign trail despite Georgia's status as a competitive battleground state. In June of last year, Kemp said he didn't vote for Trump in the Peach State's Republican primary, though he ultimately endorsed him in August.
The request for aid was bipartisan in nature, as both Sens. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) joined Kemp's request to extend the deadline for municipalities to apply for aid. Ossoff told the Journal-Constitution that FEMA's decision to hold fast to the cutoff date was "wrong."
Additionally, Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns (R-Newington) and Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper, who is also a Republican, urged the administration to elaborate when aid promised to the Peach State's farmers would be disbursed. They wrote that "Georgia’s communities are still facing unprecedented losses and millions of dollars in incurred clean-up costs."
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Where is the generous Donald Trump, who (while campaigning for president) tossed chicken fingers to the hurricane ravaged survivors at the Alabama/Georgia football game?
