Harris vows 'we're here for the long haul' as she visits western NC and combats Trump's relief effort lies
Donald Trump is
now facing condemnation from the editorial board of
North Carolina's second-largest newspaper as he continues to take criticism for
politicizing the response to Hurricane Helene across the US southeast.
Trump was in Georgia last week to survey hurricane damage alongside the state's governor,
Brian Kemp — a one-time foe who has returned to the Trumpworld fold, like many Republicans, seeking political cover.
On Monday, he attacked Vice President
Kamala Harris and the Biden administration in a Truth Social post for supposedly "going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas", a false charge. A Republican lawmaker representing three counties in hard-hit western North Carolina — which is largely rural, and politically trends conservative —
has called it a "junk" conspiracy.
He'd go further in an interview with
Kellyanne Conway, one of his most ardent truth-twisters on cable TV before she was largely exiled from the networks, accusing Harris of trying to "hurt" western North Carolina residents.
On Saturday, Trump's claims
provoked a response from one of the state's most widely-read newspapers, the Charlotte Observer. The Observer's editorial board slammed the ex-president for his lies about the federal response to Helene, which is believed to have killed more than 100 across the state.
Harris vows ‘we’re here for the long haul’ as she visits western NC and combats Trump’s relief effort lies
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