Political storm: On Trump 'onslaught of lies,' Biden urges former president to 'get a life man'

There's nary fto up successful the warfare of words betwixt President Biden and erstwhile President Trump implicit the national government's effect to back-to-back devastating hurricanes that slammed into the southeast.

After Trump continued to complaint that Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris person been dilatory and ineffective successful steering the government's tempest efforts, the president erstwhile again fired back.

Biden told reporters connected Thursday that Trump needed to "get a beingness man, assistance these people."

And helium argued that "the nationalist volition clasp him [Trump] accountable" for making mendacious claims regarding the capabilities of FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) to assistance tempest victims.

The erstwhile president's son, Eric Trump, posted connected X connected Wednesday that the household has opened up 1 of its Florida hotels to location implicit 200 linemen who are helping successful the storm's aftermath.

Trump has besides launched a GoFundMe run for victims of Hurricane Helene successful Georgia, which has raised much than $7 cardinal truthful far.

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President Joe Biden speaks and gives an update connected the interaction and the ongoing effect to Hurricane Milton, successful the South Court Auditorium connected the White House analyzable successful Washington, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The president spoke arsenic millions successful Florida remained without powerfulness aft Hurricane Milton tore a way of demolition crossed the cardinal and bluish parts of the authorities precocious Wednesday into Thursday.

Meanwhile, cleanup and betterment efforts proceed crossed the southeast, which was deed hard by Hurricane Helene astir 2 weeks ago.

With little than 4 weeks to spell until Election Day successful November, Harris and Trump are locked successful a constrictive margin-of-error showdown successful the contention to win Biden successful the White House, and with 2 of the hardest-hit states from Helene — North Carolina and Georgia — among the 7 cardinal battlegrounds that volition apt find the result of the 2024 election, the authorities of national catastrophe alleviation are again beforehand and halfway connected the run trail.

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"Vice President Harris and I person been successful changeless interaction with the authorities and section officials. We're offering everything they need," Biden emphasized connected Thursday.

Among those the president spoke with was Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida.

While DeSantis and Harris person traded verbal occurrence this week implicit whether helium ignored hurricane-related calls from her, the politician and Biden person worked unneurotic connected tempest effect and alleviation efforts.

"I spoke with the president this morning," DeSantis said during 1 of his galore briefings connected Thursday. "He said helium wants to beryllium helpful. And truthful if we person a request, helium said, nonstop them his way, and helium wants to assistance america get the occupation done. So I admit being capable to collaborate crossed the federal, authorities and section governments and enactment unneurotic to enactment the radical first."

Despite those comments and others from DeSantis arsenic good arsenic different starring Republican officeholders successful the storm-struck southeast, Trump has continuously slammed Biden and Harris.

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"THE WORST RESPONSE TO A STORM OR HURRICANE DISASTER IN U.S. HISTORY," Trump claimed successful a societal media station connected Tuesday.

"The worst hurricane effect since Katrina," the erstwhile president charged connected Wednesday arsenic helium pointed to the much-maligned archetypal national effect to Hurricane Katrina successful 2005, which was heavy criticized for being dilatory and ineffective.

Trump, speaking astatine a run rally successful battleground Pennsylvania, lobbed different governmental weaponry astatine Harris, arguing that "She conscionable led the worst rescue cognition successful past successful North Carolina…the worst ever, they say."

And the erstwhile president erstwhile again made mendacious claims that FEMA diverted wealth intended for catastrophe alleviation and spent it connected undocumented migrants successful the U.S. arsenic helium turned up the measurement connected his inflammatory rhetoric implicit the combustible contented of amerciable immigration.

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"You cognize wherever they gave the wealth to: amerciable immigrants coming," Trump said arsenic the assemblage of MAGA supporters loudly booed.

Hours later, Biden pushed back, accusing the Republican statesmanlike nominee of starring an "onslaught of lies."

Biden charged that the rhetoric from Trump and different Republicans was "beyond ridiculous" and that "it’s got to stop."

But connected Thursday astatine a run lawsuit successful Michigan, Trump kept up the attacks. He praised confederate Republican governors for doing a "fantastic job" reacting to the storms and argued that "the national government, connected the different hand, has not done what you're expected to beryllium doing, successful particular, with respect to North Carolina. They've fto those radical endure unjustly, unjustly."

Democratic statesmanlike nominee Vice President Kamala Harris greets radical who were impacted by Hurricane Helene successful Augusta, Ga., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, arsenic Augusta Mayor Garnett Johnson watches astatine right. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Harris, successful a Wednesday interrogation with the Weather Channel, besides chided Trump.

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"This is not a clip for america to conscionable constituent fingers astatine each different arsenic Americans," the vice president said. "Anybody who considers themselves to beryllium a person should truly beryllium successful the concern close present of giving radical a consciousness of assurance that we're each moving unneurotic and that we person the resources and the quality to enactment unneurotic connected their behalf."

Fox News' Kirill Clark and Matteo Cina contributed to this report

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