President Joe Biden has accused Donald Trump for main an “onslaught of lies” that authorities warn is hampering hurricane restoration efforts and placing lives in danger.
As Hurricane Milton barrelled towards Florida’s west coast on Wednesday (Thursday AEDT), the president used a briefing from federal officers to rebuke the misinformation being peddled concerning Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, declaring: “This has to cease.”
“Former president Trump has led the onslaught of lies,” he mentioned.
“Assertions have been made that property is being confiscated – that’s merely not true.
“They’re saying folks impacted by these storms, acquired $750 in money and no extra. That’s merely not true.
“They’re saying the cash is required for this disaster is being diverted to migrants. What a ridiculous factor to say; it’s not true.
“Now the claims are getting much more weird. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, a congresswoman in Georgia, is now saying the federal authorities is actually controlling the climate.
“We’re controlling the climate? It’s past ridiculous. It’s obtained to cease.”
Biden’s feedback got here after Trump and others baselessly claimed within the aftermath of Hurricane Helene that the federal government was purposely withholding help to Republican hurricane victims whereas the Federal Emergency Administration Company was redirecting catastrophe reduction funds to migrants.
Taylor Greene, who’s one in every of Trump’s most loyal supporters within the US Congress, additionally shared a conspiracy idea along with her 1.2 million followers on X suggesting that the federal government was in some way accountable for the hurricane.
“Sure they’ll management the climate. It’s ridiculous for anybody to lie and say it may well’t be finished,” she wrote, in a put up that has acquired widespread condemnation.