FIRST ON FOX: JD Vance is “fulfilling his promise” to American voters as he makes his first journey as vp to Damascus, Virginia, on Monday to go to areas affected by Hurricane Helene in late September.
Will probably be Vance’s second journey to Damascus for the reason that hurricane swept throughout the southeast on Sept. 27, destroying components of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida and leaving greater than 200 folks useless.
“Vice President Vance visited with Damascus residents in October after the city was ravaged by Hurricane Helene,” a spokesperson for the vp instructed Fox Information Digital. “He pledged to be again, and now he’s fulfilling his promise. The primary week of this administration has made it clear that President Trump and Vice President Vance preserve their phrase.”
Vance’s journey comes simply days after President Donald Trump, first woman Melania Trump and different politicians visited Asheville, Fletcher and Swannanoa, North Carolina, on Jan. 24, marking the now-president’s second journey to these areas since September.
HURRICANE SURVIVORS WHO MET TRUMP IN NORTH CAROLINA SHARE PRESIDENT’S WORDS THAT STUCK WITH THEM
Vice President-elect JD Vance, left, takes the oath of workplace as his spouse, Usha, watches on Jan. 20, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Picture through AP)
Trump spoke in all three cities however allowed a bunch of locals who misplaced the whole lot in Helene to share their very own private tales throughout his cease in Swannanoa. Some locals have taken problem with the Federal Emergency Administration Company’s (FEMA) dealing with of the catastrophe, saying it has an excessive amount of pink tape for these in want of instant help to get the assistance they want, whether or not or not it’s housing, cash or each.
“I am going to even be signing an government order to start the method of essentially reforming and overhauling FEMA or possibly eliminating FEMA,” Trump instructed reporters in North Carolina on Friday morning. “I feel, frankly, FEMA isn’t good.”
FEMA EXTENDS TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM FOR NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENTS DISPLACED BY HURRICANE HELENE
President Donald Trump speaks throughout a go to to a neighborhood affected by Hurricane Helene in Swannanoa, N.C., on Jan. 24, 2025. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP through Getty Photos)
Trump additionally promised that his administration would step in and help North Carolina to repair the injury rapidly, vowing to “do a great job” for the state.Â
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“We’ll repair it, and we’ll repair it as quick as you possibly can,” Trump mentioned. “It is a huge quantity of injury. FEMA has actually allow us to down, let the nation down. And I do not know if that is [former President Joe] Biden’s fault or whose fault it’s, however we’ll take over. We’ll do a great job.”
Fox Information’ Emma Colton contributed to this report.
