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On 2024-10-07 12:26, pothead wrote:
> On 2024-10-06, NoBody <NoBody@nowhere.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, 6 Oct 2024 12:13:24 -0000 (UTC), pothead
>> <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2024-10-06, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>>> On 2024-10-05 07:03, NoBody wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 17:34:12 -0700, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2024-10-04 17:22, pothead wrote:o
>>>>>>> On 2024-10-05, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 2024-10-04 15:46, pothead wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 2024-10-04, NoBody <NoBody@nowhere.com> 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.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I have been saying this for a long time. This is just another section of
>>>>>>>>> Biden/Harris' "America Last Program".
>>>>>>>>> It could not be any clearer.
>>>>>>>>> The Democrats don't care about the American citizens but instead prefer to
>>>>>>>>> coddle the illegal migrants.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> And it is positively disgusting.
>>>>>>>> I know you have a problem understand nuance, but this isn't that.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Congress sets the budget for FEMA and congress gave them the budget they
>>>>>>>> currently have.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The Republicans have the majority in the House and it's basically a tie
>>>>>>>> in the Senate.	
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So if FEMA hasn't been given enough money to do their job, you know
>>>>>>>> where to look.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Idiot.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Illegal migrants receive among other things:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1. Free cellphones.
>>>>>>> 2. Room/board in 4 star hotels.
>>>>>>> 3. Debit cards.
>>>>>>> 4. Medical care.
>>>>>>> 5. Education.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> etc.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> People are better off being an illegal migrant to the USA than a legal citizen
>>>>>>> suffering due to a hurricane.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> All of that aid should be cutoff and the money used to help the citizens of the
>>>>>>> USA who are suffering right now.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Get off your throne and realize that Biden/Harris favors the illegal migrants
>>>>>>> over the legal citizens and if you can't see this then you are an idiot.
>>>>>> What they get depends on money allocated...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ...BY CONGRESS.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ok.  If you're going to rely on this as your claim of fact, please
>>>>> provide:
>>>>>
>>>>> The amount allocated to illegals via FEMA
>>>>> The amount dedicated to natural disaster relief via FEMA.  Ensure you
>>>>> include previous years amounts.
>>>>>
>>>>> Failure to provide this data is your admission you are lying.
>>>>
>>>> And you will, of course, provide proof of your claim that FEMA has
>>>> diverted funds it COULD have spent on disaster relief to illegal aliens.
>>>
>>> I've posted the think twice already.
>>> Here it is for the third time.
>>>
>>> <https://search.usa.gov/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&affiliate=fema&query=budget+2024&
>>> commit=Search+FEMA.gov>
>>>
>>> And why are we spending money on illegal migrants who are in effect getting far
>>> more than our own citizens who are suffering through a disaster?
>>>
>>> Just in NYC alone it cost almost $400 per day to take care of an illegal
>>> migrant.
>>>
>>> <https://www.fox5ny.com/news/nyc-cost-per-single-migrant>
>>>
>>> And people in the disaster area's get a $750 check.
>>> That's an insult.
>>>
>>> You can split hairs all you like but people are dying and according to those
>>> with boots on the ground the government response is slow, inept and apparently
>>> lackluster as well.
>>> Proof that Biden/Harris don't give a shit about those people.
>>
>> He'll never acknowledge the facts.
>> He will simply change the subject like he has already.
> 
> Additionally, FEMA funds get reallocated to different buckets all the time.
> It's STOP.
> Jim Jordan and a former head of FEMA made mention of this several times
> yesterday.

Cite please!

> 
> Call your congressperson to verify.
> I did, and it's true.
> And once again, flipping the script isn't working.

And congresspersons never lie?

> 
> The point as you, Skeeter, Alleycat and others have made clear is that WHY are
> illegal immigrants given so many freebies and our own citizens suffering and
> dying after a disaster are not?

Your own citizens are getting help.

> 
> And why does it take 10 days to begin mobilizing helicopters and so forth to
> reach "inaccessible areas" while private organizations are able to begin on day
> one?

Prove that that's actually what happened.

> 
> Answer is the government is inept, poorly run and Biden/Kamala don't give a
> hoot about these people.
 > > Try watching the heartbreaking videos showing people begging for 
help claiming
> they have not seen nor heard from FEMA.
> 
> This is why I call democrats DEMONS.
> They are evil.
> 
> 
> 
> It's a disgrace and Biden/Harris own it.
> 

And Trump is better; denying and/or delaying aid if he doesn't like the 
governor of a state?