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Robert Tait in Washington

Republican congressman issues rebuke over ‘outrageous’ Helene disinformation

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Chuck Edwards broke with Trump by praising Biden administration’s handling of hurricane response. Photograph: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty Images

A Republican congressman representing areas devastated by Hurricane Helene has implicitly rebuked members of his own party, including Donald Trump, by issuing a scorching rebuttal of misinformation and conspiracy theories spread by the former US president and his supporters about the storm and the government’s response.

Chuck Edwards, the member for North Carolina’s 11th district, contradicted criticism from Trump and others of the Biden administration’s handling of the disaster by voicing praise for “a level of support that is unmatched by most any other disaster nationwide”.

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