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.
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.
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.
Donald Trump was in Georgia last weekto survey damage from Hurricane Helene and attack his opponent with false claims about the federal response.
President Joe Biden further announced the deployment of 500 National Guard members equipped with “advanced technological assets” to western North Carolina.
Today, I ordered another 500 active-duty troops with advanced technological assets to move into Western North Carolina and assist with the response and recovery efforts. »
