The ex-president said Brian Kemp, the state governor, was trying to reach the president who was ‘sleeping’, in vain
Donald Trump spoke in front of a furniture store gutted by Hurricane Helene in Valdosta, Georgia, on Monday, claiming falsely that Georgia’s governor had not been able to reach Joe Biden.
Upon landing in Valdosta, Trump claimed to reporters the president had been “sleeping” and that Brian Kemp, the governor, had been “calling the president and hasn’t been able to get him”. He repeated the false claim when speaking in front of the store.
Kemp refuted the allegation earlier in the day. He said he had been playing phone tag with vice-president Kamala Harris, but also said: “The president just called me yesterday afternoon and he just said: ‘Hey, what do you need?’ … He offered that if there’s other things we need, just to call him directly, which, I appreciate that.”
During the White House press briefing on Monday, the homeland security adviser Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall said Biden had offered Kemp “anything” Georgia needed in terms of storm response.
“We brought many, many wagons of resources,” he said, without really describing what those resources were beyond a tanker of gasoline and some water.
I wonder who paid for that.
Inb4 Trump accuses Kemp of being a RINO for not going with his lie.
Ooh! It’s his “serius, thinky” face! He doesn’t pull that one very often.
Tipping hat to the article author (editor and publisher too I think) for actually calling the claims a falsehood in the title.
Tipping hat to the article author…
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Thanks for the reminder. It was really easy to tip with Apple Pay. Just did it for this article.
Where are all the posters who, when people were pointing out that this is the result of climate change, screamed about not making this political? This guy is straight up lying for his own political benefit and they seem silent.
Oh because only their opposition doing it offends them so I guess this is fine huh
Bingo!
why didnt biden just draw a new line on a map to redirect it? Or fire nukes at it?
/s
And throw some paper towels
He just needed to turn the giant tap and turn off the water
So they pretended to show up with supplies but it was just lies and no supp.
Dressed to get stuck in and help rather than using it as a photo op I see.
Do be fair. He’s old and fat and feeble. He wouldn’t be very much good with helping anyway.
The best thing he could have done, probably, was stay away.
Freethrow paper towels
I want to see the man who threw a shoe at Bush get into a dodgeball match with Trump.
Who’s boat is this boat? Is this your boat? It’s not their boat.
That was one of the most brilliant burns of his political career.
