“They don’t have any money. They have to have they have to have a meeting in Washington, a special meeting in Washington to get money. It’s all gone. They’ve spent it on illegal migrants.
“Many of them are murderers. Many of them are drug dealers. Many of them come out of mental institutions and insane asylums, and many of them are terrorists.
“And they spend money to bring these people into our country and they don’t have money to take care of the people from North Carolina and other states. So, you know, I think you have to be able to speak.
“Does that mean let’s not talk about it? Because by doing that, they’ll do a better job the next time. It’s very important.” – Trump, after a reporter asked if he thinks his FEMA lies prompted the shooting threats against relief workers.
Of note, standing with Trump was GOP North Carolina Rep. Chuck Edwards, who earlier this month issued a press release denouncing false claims about FEMA and relief workers.
Trump refuses to disavow violence against FEMA workers
Q: An armed gunman was just arrested and charged with making threats against FEMA workers. Is your rhetoric helping?
Trump: We’re entitled to say it pic.twitter.com/7TL5Vzrt1G
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) October 21, 2024
Asked about threats against FEMA workers (that he inspired), Trump basically says they had it coming pic.twitter.com/Skv414faTC
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 21, 2024
Wow – Trump is asked about armed gunman threatening FEMA workers and refuses to condemn
“I think you have to let people know how they’re doing. If they’re not doing, if they’re doing a poor job, we’re supposed to not say it?
“By doing that, they’ll do a better job next time.” pic.twitter.com/RizjaXp0Pu
— Ian Sams (@IanSams) October 21, 2024