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   Feeble old compulsive liar and convicted Felon  Trump, seeking to   
   capitalize politically on the devastation from Hurricane Helene, falsely   
   claimed in a social media post on Thursday that President Joe Biden and   
   Vice President Kamala Harris “are universally being given POOR GRADES for   
   the way that they are handling the Hurricane, especially in North   
   Carolina.”   
      
   Facts First: Trump is wrong. The Biden administration’s response to the   
   hurricane has received bipartisan praise from political leaders in affected   
   states.   
      
   That praise has not been universal; there has also been some criticism and   
   some ambivalence. But Trump’s assertion that reviews for the Biden   
   administration’s handling of the crisis have been entirely negative is not   
   true.   
      
   And this is just the latest Trump false claim on the subject of the   
   administration’s hurricane response.   
      
   On Monday, Trump incorrectly said that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp hadn’t been   
   able to get Biden on the phone, though Kemp had said the same day that he   
   had already spoken to Biden. And Trump baselessly claimed Monday that the   
   federal government and the Democratic governor of North Carolina, Roy   
   Cooper, were deliberately not helping residents of Republican communities   
   in the state; Trump provided no evidence for the claim when a reporter   
   pressed him about it.   
   Praise from Republican governors   
      
   Various Republican governors in the southeastern states hit by Hurricane   
   Helene have praised the Biden administration’s response, sometimes naming   
   Biden in particular.   
      
   Republican South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said at a Tuesday press   
   conference that federal assistance had “been superb,” noting that Biden and   
   Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg had both called and told him to let   
   them know whatever the state needed. McMaster added that the administrator   
   of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Deanne Criswell, had also   
   called. He said, “So we’re getting assistance, and we’re asking for   
   everything we need.”   
      
   Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said at a Monday press conference,   
   “I’m incredibly appreciative of the rapid response and the cooperation from   
   the federal team at FEMA.” He specifically thanked Biden, among others, in   
   a press release the day prior.   
      
   Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said at a Wednesday press conference   
   that the response to his emergency declaration “was quick from the federal   
   government,” adding there was “a fast turnaround, frankly,” in making the   
   state eligible for some federal reimbursements.   
      
   At a Tuesday press conference, Lee spoke of a “rush” of officials “from the   
   federal to the state to the local, the local emergency management agencies,   
   local county mayors with tears in their eyes out there serving their   
   people. There is a great deal of hope when you see what is behind the   
   effort, the coordinated effort, in this community to begin to rebuild.”   
   Praise in North Carolina   
      
   Cooper, the North Carolina governor, has repeatedly praised the federal   
   response. Sitting beside Biden during the president’s visit to North   
   Carolina on Wednesday, Cooper said, “We’re grateful for the quick actions   
   and close communications that we have had with the president and with the   
   FEMA team,” adding moments later, “And Mr. President, we know that we have   
   made a lot of asks of you, and we are grateful for your ear and for your   
   actions.”   
      
   Cooper said in a briefing on Tuesday: “I briefed President Biden and Vice   
   President Harris each on two occasions, and they have committed every   
   resource available to this recovery. I appreciate the president’s quick   
   approval of our major disaster declaration this weekend and his direction   
   that FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell will continue to be here on the   
   ground,” saying that residents were already starting to receive assistance   
   funds.   
      
   The Democratic mayor of the hard-hit North Carolina city of Asheville,   
   Esther Manheimer, said on MSNBC on Tuesday: “We are seeing incredible help,   
   from the federal government to the state to the private sector to the   
   nonprofit sector, faith-based organizations, everyone pouring in here with   
   their help.” She emphasized that rebuilding from the “catastrophic”   
   situation would take a long time regardless.   
      
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