Lara Trump clashes with CNN anchor Dana Bash as she rips FEMA's response to Hurricane Helene

A defiant Lara Trump tore into CNN's Dana Bash aft the anchor accused her father-in-law of spreading 'misinformation' astir wealth for hurricane victims being spent connected migrants.

Donald Trump who visited the catastrophe portion successful North Carolina connected Friday slammed the $750 being offered successful exigency alleviation for families who person mislaid their homes to Hurricane Helene.

And helium claimed that millions of dollars successful FEMA backing person been redirected to migrants illegally crossing the confederate border, claims that Bash flatly told her impermanent were 'untrue'.

But the RNC co-chair pointed retired that conscionable $750 is presently disposable to the thousands devastated by the Category 4 hurricane, and said wealth for migrants could beryllium redirected 'immediately' to assistance survivors successful her location state.

'Why don't they person thing successful order?' she demanded connected Sunday. 'Why is it that close present the citizens successful occidental North Carolina are screaming for help, and it's having to travel from section citizens?'

More than 220 radical are known to person died successful America's deadliest hurricane for astir 20 years with the estimated harm moving into hundreds of billions of dollars.

'A batch of the wealth that was expected to spell to Georgia and expected to spell to North Carolina and each of the others is going and has gone already,' Donald Trump told a rally successful in Evans, Georgia, connected Friday.

'It's been gone for radical that came into the state illegally, and cipher has ever seen thing similar that. That's a shame.'

FEMA – the Federal Emergency Management Agency – has spent much than $1.4 billion successful the past 2 years connected the migrant crisis.

And the Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas warned past week that it does not person capable backing to header if different hurricane strikes.

'We are gathering the contiguous needs with the wealth that we have,' helium noted. 'We are expecting different hurricane hitting, FEMA does not person the funds to marque it done the season.'

The Biden medication has said that the bureau has capable wealth to header with the existent catastrophe and accused Donald Trump of 'spreading poison', insisting that nary wealth has been diverted from hurricane survivors to migrants.

But Tropical Storm Milton is brewing successful the Caribbean and is forecast to go a large hurricane earlier hitting Florida adjacent week.

'They are retired of wealth successful presumption of the hurricane relief,' Lara Trump told Bash connected CNN's State of the Union program.

'We have different hurricane heading towards Florida close now. But they person said that determination is nary wealth close now. Why don't they person thing successful order?

'In North Carolina I perceive each time from radical connected the crushed there, and they are hopeless for help. It is simply a dire concern there.

'The thought that we've spent $650 cardinal successful Fiscal Year '24 connected the migrant situation that Kamala Harris was liable for stopping and by each accounts created by having an open-door argumentation astatine our confederate borderline is infuriating.

'We could redirect wealth to assistance radical instantly connected the crushed successful North Carolina.'

Fema has pointed to displacement assistance, which volition beryllium disposable to screen impermanent lodging costs for those near homeless, location repair oregon replacement assistance, idiosyncratic spot assistance, aesculapian assistance to screen the costs of disaster-related injuries, and ceremonial assistance for relatives of the dead.

House Speaker Mike Johnson admitted that FEMA funds had not been diverted from hurricane victims to migrants erstwhile helium spoke to Fox News Sunday, admitting the backing streams are 'different'.

'But the occupation is with the American people, see, and what they're frustrated by, is that FEMA should beryllium involved,' helium explained. 

'The Federal Emergency Management Agency, their ngo is to assistance radical successful times similar this of earthy disaster. Not to beryllium engaged successful utilizing immoderate excavation of backing from immoderate relationship for resettling amerciable aliens who person travel crossed the border. 

'That's what the Biden administration, Kamala Harris and Secretary Mayorkas person been engaged in.' 

Bash told her impermanent that survivors whitethorn beryllium deterred from seeking assistance they are entitled to if they deliberation that small is available.

'It is atrocious there,' she agreed. 'But my question is astir the misinformation, peculiarly the conception that they are moving wealth to, you say, undocumented migrants, which FEMA says flatly is not true.

'If radical are not getting close accusation and past they can't spell for assistance..'

'You person migrants being housed successful luxury hotels successful New York City,' Trump changeable back.

'We person paid truthful overmuch wealth from our taxation dollars into the crisis. That didn't request to happen.'