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On 2024-10-05 07:32, pothead wrote:
> On 2024-10-05, NoBody <NoBody@nowhere.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 11:41:39 -0700, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2024-10-04 10:37, NoBody wrote:
>>>> U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas' words have
>>>> come back to haunt him as video from earlier this year touting the
>>>> Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA’s) preparedness before
>>>> Hurricane Helene exposed shortcomings in the organization.
>>>>
>>>> Mayorkas this week warned that FEMA was running out of funds as
>>>> hurricane season continued to slam the southeastern United States. The
>>>> organization has enough funds to deal with the aftermath of Helene but
>>>> would not have enough to "make it through the season."
>>>>
>>>> This warning stands in stark contrast to previous comments Mayorkas
>>>> made in the summer assuring that FEMA would be able to handle upcoming
>>>> weather crises.
>>>>
>>>> "FEMA is tremendously prepared," Mayorkas assured reporters in a video
>>>> from July. "This is what we do, this is what they do, and the key here
>>>> … is to also make sure the communities who are potentially impacted
>>>> are prepared as well."
>>>>
>>>> LAWMAKERS OUTRAGED OVER FEMA FUNDING CONCERNS
>>>>
>>>> "And it’s not just hurricanes and wildfires – also extreme heat, which
>>>> certainly some parts of the United States are experiencing," he added.
>>>> Mayorkas stressed that FEMA has "exercised these muscles, regrettably,
>>>> year after year" due to the "increasing frequency and gravity of
>>>> weather events."
>>>>
>>>> However, Mayorkas did argue that FEMA’s disaster relief fund remained
>>>> in a precarious position and needed fresh funding from Congress ahead
>>>> of an expected heavy hurricane season. In July, he anticipated running
>>>> out by "mid-August."
>>>>
>>>> Mayorkas stressed the need to be ready for the "consequences" of
>>>> increasingly severe weather events as climate change continues to
>>>> exacerbate disasters such as hurricanes and wildfires.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.foxnews.com/us/mayorkas-claim-fema-tremendously-prepared-comes-haunt-him-helene-aftermath
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps the money being spent on illegals should support the taxpayers
>>>> first.
>>>
>>> Perhaps you should read the words of that well-known left-wing source,
>>> Forbes:
>>>
>>> 'Trump FEMA Claim Debunked: Agency Not Running Out Of Money Because Of
>>> Migrants'
>>>
>>> <https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2024/10/04/trump-fema-claim-debunked-agency-not-running-out-of-money-because-of-migrants/>
>>>
>>> 'FEMA says on its website that any claims that disaster funds were
>>> rerouted to border-related efforts are “false,” noting the Disaster
>>> Relief Fund is a dedicated fund for managing disasters and money meant
>>> for the fund “has not been diverted to other, non-disaster related efforts.”
>>>
>>> Congress determines how much money goes to FEMA’s disaster fund, and the
>>> fund faces issues after lawmakers declined to allocate additional
>>> funding for FEMA’s efforts in the stopgap funding bill it passed last
>>> month, only extending FEMA’s existing funding level and allowing it to
>>> draw from $20 billion in funds more quickly.'
>>>
>>> That line in there: "declined to allocate"?
>>>
>>> That was a link to this:
>>>
>>> 'A pair of destructive hurricanes along the Gulf Coast, an explosion of
>>> wildfires across the West and urgent pleas from Democrats and the White
>>> House this month were not enough to persuade Congress to secure new
>>> funding for disaster victims.'
>>>
>>> <https://www.eenews.net/articles/lawmakers-stunned-as-disaster-funds-left-out-of-stopgap-bill-2/>
>>>
>>> So, bottom line:
>>>
>>> FEMA has a budget provided by congress and has not used any money meant
>>> for disaster relief on immigrants of any kind.
>>>
>>
>> We've had worse hurricanes seasons in the past yet never ran out of
>> money.  Either establish that the budget has been cut or tell us where
>> the money went.
>>
>> Oh and don't believe a damn thing FEMA says.
> 
> The money was already there.

No, it wasn't.

> The democrats raided it to pay for illegal migrant freebies.
FEMA administered funds from the DHS that they were not legally 
permitted to spend on anything else.