Tennessee GOP Mayor Begs: Stop The Lies About FEMA

The Hill reports:

A mayor in Tennessee joined other local officials Friday to denounce skepticism and rumors that have swirled around the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) response to the devastation in the southeastern U.S. from Hurricane Helene.

Mayor Glenn Jacobs (R), who serves Knox County, Tenn., signaled in a post online that the attacks on the administration could make recovery efforts more difficult. The White House pushed back on these claims Friday, calling out the GOP for “using Hurricane Helene to lie and divide us.”

In an effort to curb misinformation, the agency launched a “rumor response” page, advising the public to find and share information from trusted sources and to discourage others from sharing details from unverified ones.

Read the full article. Jacobs is a former WWE wrestler who performed under the name Kane.

Two things:
1) To my knowledge, FEMA, TEMA, nor anyone else is confiscating supplies. Please quit spreading those rumors as they are counterproductive to response efforts.
2) If everyone could maybe please put aside the hate for a bit and pitch in to help, that would be great.

— Glenn Jacobs (@GlennJacobsTN) October 4, 2024