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Donald Trump, Former President of the United States

“In the response to Hurricane Helene, "while families desperately tried to escape the rising floodwaters and they climbed onto roofs, they did anything they can to live, but Kamala [Harris] didn't send any helicopters to rescue them.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts

FactCheck.org says: There's plenty of evidence that helicopters have been used and that federal, state and local disaster recovery teams have responded to help victims of the storm.

Donald Trump, former president and 2024 Republican presidential nominee

“It has just come out that Democrats in Washington and the Democrat Governor’s Office of North Carolina (Roy Cooper) were blocking people and money from coming into North Carolina.”

PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire

PolitiFact says: Gov. Cooper said Sept. 29 that 550 members of the state National Guard deployed, 24 shelters opened and more than 1,600 state transportation employees and contract crews were working to clear roads. FEMA also sent aid.