Trump's lies over FEMA aid heap debacle upon disaster

By Sid Schwab / Herald Columnist

OK, some things demand that one not remain silent, lest one’s unvented head explode.

Specifically, it’s Donald Trump’s and MAGA’s weapons-grade lies about Hurricane Helene and FEMA’s response that threaten to push gray matter out one’s ears. Because only the most deeply confused, brain-confiscated Foxified will believe MTG’s claims that “they” control hurricanes and direct them to Republican-populated areas, we’ll speak no further of them. Or maybe we should (Bulwark: tinyurl.com/lasers4u). But it’s Trump’s lies that bring MAGAs to him. With Helene, he’s going aller-inner.

To refute many of Trump’s prior lies, some effort has been necessary. Was Barack Obama really born in Kenya? Did Trump actually send “investigators” to Hawaii and were they finding “amazing things”? Is he an honest golfer? But debunking his FEMA/Helene lies requires only listening to the governors of affected states (X; tinyurl.com/2heargovs). Trump is doing the shoe thing (StackExchange: tinyurl.com/2Ponshoes), and his cult have removed their socks. It’s pathetically obvious. It’s mendacious brazenness that ought to offend everyone, and finally awaken Trumpists to how they’ve been played since his golden descent. It confirms Trump’s certainty that his voters are stupid, his media shameless, and that slack-spine, lack-moral MAGA politicians will further his lies. And he’s right. It’s the perfect simulacrum of Trumpism (NJ.com: tinyurl.com/2brazen4u).

With Trump and MAGA, accusations are confessions. Trump lied that President Biden is withholding aid for Republican areas, whereas until his people convinced him that there were Republicans in California, he’d withheld aid during their horrific wildfires (Politico: tinyurl.com/noaid4u). He lied that Biden diverted money away from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help migrants, but it was Trump who took $270 million from FEMA to pay for his border detention jails (NBC News: tinyurl.com/hetookmoney). It’s a window into how he’d “govern” were he to win (or, like last time, “win”) in November. Trumpists would welcome his vengeful authoritarianism like the Second Coming; between the biblical version and his re-election they’d see no difference. Contemplating the next disaster, though, everyone else should remember Trump’s promise to rid the government of FEMA and other expertise. And vote accordingly.

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