
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell went on ABC News on Monday to debunk claims made by Republican candidate Donald Trump, who suggested that the White House is diverting disaster relief aid to unrelated migrant programs. "It's frankly ridiculous and just plain false" said Cronwell, adding that "it's really a shame that we're putting politics ahead of helping people."
Misinformation has been running rampant this hurricane season. Perhaps the most illustrative case is congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene's, who baselessly said that Democrats were generating hurricanes for political gain.