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Aid to several communities impacted by Hurricane Helene was temporarily paused in parts of North Carolina over the weekend due to reports of threats against Federal Emergency Management Agency responders, amid a backdrop of misinformation about responses to recent storms.

Aid to several communities impacted by Hurricane Helene was temporarily paused in parts of North Carolina over the weekend due to reports of threats against Federal Emergency Management Agency responders, amid a backdrop of misinformation about responses to recent storms.

Some FEMA operations were paused in Ashe County out of an abundance of caution Sunday, Ashe County Sheriff B. Phil Howell said on Facebook. This includes in-person applications for aid in at least two locations “due to threats occurring in some counties,” according to the county’s emergency management office. That assistance is expected to resume Monday.

  • Skvlp@lemm.ee
    861·
    1 month ago

    It’s a really shitty thing to do, and I can’t believe people are actually falling for it, but it’s a really effective solution seen with GOP eyes. The government don’t get to help people, people get outraged with the government, people get outraged with the democrats (ruling party), GOP has a clearer path towards cutting government functions they don’t want, people get worse off.

      • stetech@lemmy.world
        4·
        1 month ago

        This is like attacking CDC over covid, but even more thoughtless, as you can literally see the hurricane damage with your own eyes.

        (I’d like to ignore and not discuss the possibility of people seriously thinking these disasters were artificially created.)

      • Skvlp@lemm.ee
        3·
        1 month ago

        It’s probably stemming from very deliberate misinformation, conflicting information, divide and conquer, gaslighting, manipulation, and so forth.

    • fuckingkangaroos@lemm.ee
      19·
      1 month ago

      Yeah, if the Biden admin helps people like its supposed to, Harris is more likely to won the election.

      So Republicans are using terrorism to stop desperate people from getting help.

    • Supervisor194@lemmy.world
      9·
      1 month ago

      This really just amounts to remnants of The South (and those allied to the cause for whatever reason) attempting to destroy the federal government.

      • Skvlp@lemm.ee
        1·
        1 month ago

        There’s probably something to this. But I’d think it’s time to move on. Is this some sort of dogmatic belief system that is thoroughly and blindly beaten into every successive generation?

    • orcrist@lemm.ee
      1·
      1 month ago

      I don’t think this is going to outrage anyone new. People who already thought the Democrats were destroying the country are probably still thinking that, and now they just don’t get any support, and their neighbors who were hoping for support are pissed off that their neighbors are assholes, because they can read what’s happening in the newspaper and they can use their eyes and ears and brains.