10 simple facts about North Carolina/Helene:
1. Biden declared a national emergency on Friday
2. Biden declared a major disaster on Saturday, which means survivors can already apply for FEMA funds
3. There are 5,000+ national guardsman in North Carolina
4. The U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and U.S. Health and Human Services are all working throughout the region
5. Biden spoke to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) who said he got "everything he asked for" from POTUS in Georgia.
6. Gov. Roy Cooper (D) asked Biden, Harris and Trump to stay out until rescue missions were complete for obvious reasons
7. Local groups and orgs typically lead the immediate relief efforts; the feds support with $$ and additional resources but are rarely the first to respond (again, for obvious reasons)
8. FEMA & local groups are shipping in food and supplies via truck, plane, and even freaking mules!
9. FEMA search and rescue teams are on the ground and have been for days
10. This website is full of people lying about 1-9.
@sabatage Minneapolis based phone on Verizon - not working for anyone on plan. Visiting my parents in central MN, their phones are working and so is the internet (both verizon).
Everyone’s saying that the moderators are on Kamala’s side but they’re literally just fact checking him. Y’all think he’s getting attacked because someone is stating that his outlandish lies are not true💀
There are numerous falsehoods being spread about Tim Walz. Please help share the truth:
Claim: Tim Walz mandated tampons in all boys' restrooms.
Fact: False. Tim Walz signed a bipartisan law that requires schools to supply free menstrual products for "all menstruating students" in grades 4 through 12. The law does not specify that these products must be placed in boys' restrooms. The decision on placement is left to individual schools. Minnesota is one of 28 states providing menstrual products in schools, including Republican-led states like Georgia, Ohio, and Utah.
Claim: Tim Walz abandoned his enlistment early from the Army National Guard.
Fact: False. Tim Walz honorably retired from the Army National Guard after 24 years of dedicated service to run for the House of Representatives and continue teaching. He is the highest-ranking enlisted man to have served in Congress. National Guardsmen are eligible for retirement after 20 years, but Walz served an additional four years. A battalion mate of Walz’s said, "He was a great soldier. When he chose to leave, he had every right to leave."
Claim: Tim Walz allowed rioters to burn down Minneapolis.
Fact: False. Following the riots, then-President Trump praised Walz's handling of the situation. Trump said, “I fully agree with the way he handled it the last couple of days. I was very happy with the last couple of days, Tim… You called up big numbers and the big numbers knocked them out so fast it was like bowling pins."
I understand some might criticize me for posting this, but that's because we're sharing the truth and it's making an impact.
It really feels like it should be a bigger deal that Taylor Swift left a shadow of Kamala on her Instagram post but I don’t really see anyone talking about it.
#YesWeKam
BREAKING: Brand new audio leaked shows Donald Trump expressing his profound support for Tim Walz’ handling of the 2020 protests in Minnesota. Retweet so all Americans know Donald Trump was formally a supporter of Tim Walz.
Donald Trump doesn't know the first thing about service.
As President, he froze in the face of the COVID crisis and drove our economy into the ground.
Violent crime was up under President Trump—and that's not even counting the crimes he committed.
Make America Burn again?
FACT: The Minneapolis fires were set by a “rightwing extremist” in an effort to stir racial unrest.
‘Boogaloo Boi’ charged in fire of Minneapolis police precinct during George Floyd protest https://t.co/IjIVo4peOa