All Americans should be 'outraged' over Mayorkas' comments on lack of FEMA funds, says Florida AG Moody

Even though states crossed the southeastern U.S. are inactive reeling from Hurricane Helene's destructive path, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas warned FEMA "does not person the funds" to get done hurricane season. On "Fox & Friends First" Thursday, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody shredded the caput implicit the comments, pointing retired the much than $1 cardinal spent connected migrants.  

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ASHLEY MOODY: Everyone should beryllium waking up this greeting outraged by that comment. This is not thing that has conscionable happened recently. And Florida's been informing astir this since this medication took over. Mayorkas has travel successful similar a microorganism and infected what need[s] to beryllium healthy, strong, cardinal programs to guarantee the stableness and information of Americans successful times of disaster. 

LAKE LURE, NORTH CAROLINA - SEPTEMBER 28: The Rocky Broad River flows into Lake Lure and overflows the municipality with debris from Chimney Rock, North Carolina aft dense rains from Hurricane Helene connected September 28, 2024, successful Lake Lure, North Carolina. Approximately six feet of debris piled connected the span from Lake Lure to Chimney Rock, blocking access.  (Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)

So you heard they person taken the FEMA emergency nutrient and structure programme and implicit clip siphoned disconnected hundreds of millions of dollars into fundamentally making it an amerciable migrant resettlement program. And truthful erstwhile you spot these states and cities astir the federation declaring emergencies, adjacent bluish states, due to the fact that of what this medication has done, encouraging much and much and more, processing programs to promote much and much and much radical to travel here. The government, Biden and Harris, are having to money that connected the backs of the American people. And close present successful Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, each of these states are hurting due to the fact that of this truly earthy disaster, not a Biden-Harris-made disaster. They're saying we request much money. And of course, they request much wealth due to the fact that they've been laundering it from the intended intent of this money that Congress acceptable forth. Laws beryllium damned. 

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks astatine the regular property briefing astatine the White House connected July 15, 2024 successful Washington, DC. The property briefing focused connected the assassination effort connected Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile president Donald Trump and the U.S. Secret Service response. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

As alleviation efforts and catastrophe effect teams enactment to code the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Mayorkas issued a chilling informing astir FEMA funding.

"We are gathering the contiguous needs with the wealth that we have. We are expecting different hurricane hitting. We bash not person the funds. FEMA does not person the funds to marque it done the season," Mayorkas said Wednesday. 

Hurricane Helene made landfall past week arsenic a Category 4 storm. It lurched up done Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee.  

The decease toll has risen to implicit 190 crossed the affected states. 

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Fox News' Bailee Hill contributed to this report.