Lara Trump Turns The Tables On CNN After Incorrect ‘Fact Check’
Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump turned the tables on CNN’s Dana Bash after an incorrect “fact check” on hurricane relief funds.
Bash accused the Trump-Vance Campaign of spreading “misinformation” by pointing to a recent statement from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who stated that FEMA is running out of funds for hurricane relief. Trump has pointed out that FEMA spent $1.4 billion on settling foreign migrants in the fiscal year 2023, which only accounts for a fraction of the federal government’s overall spending on settling illegal aliens.
“He said that FEMA is only offering $750 to Americans who have had their homes destroyed. That’s not true. He’s also echoing conspiracy theorists online who falsely claim that the administration is redirecting disaster money for undocumented immigrants. That’s also not true. Why is he spreading misinformation in a crisis like that?” Bash asked the RNC co-chair, who is a North Carolina native.
“I am incredibly concerned in North Carolina. I hear every day from people on the ground there and they are desperate for help. It is a dire situation there. I actually think we don’t even know the extent yet of truly how bad it is there,” Trump answered.
“And look, Kamala Harris did come out and say it’s $750 per family right now. The idea that we’ve spent $650 million in fiscal year 24 on the migrant crisis, that Kamala Harris was responsible for stopping and by all accounts she created by having an open door policy at our southern border.”
Bash then attempted to dismiss the fact that FEMA has spent hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars on settling illegal aliens.
“But my question is about the misinformation, particularly the notion that they are moving money to migrants, to you say undocumented migrants, which FEMA says flatly is not true and and if people are not getting correct information then they can’t go for the for assistance as they have been asked for,” Bash said before attempting to quickly move on.
Trump refused to let the false statement slide. “Let me just say for one second, you have migrants being housed in luxury hotels in New York City. We have paid so much money from our tax dollars into the crisis that didn’t need to happen. We could redirect money to help people immediately on the ground in North Carolina or in Florida,” she said.
Bash ultimately conceded that FEMA has spent billions in taxpayer funds on settling foreigners in the U.S. while telling citizens there is no money left for hurricane relief.
