In keeping with his promise to the American people, JD Vance traveled to Damascus, Virginia, on Monday for the first time as vice president. The community was severely damaged by Hurricane Helene in late September.
Vance is returning to the town for the second time since the devastating hurricane that ravaged Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida roared through the southeastern United States.
More than 200 individuals lost their lives in the hurricane that hit on September 27. Many communities are in desperate need of assistance and recovery due to the destruction it inflicted.
“Vice President Vance visited with Damascus residents in October after the town was ravaged by Hurricane Helene,” a spokesperson for the vice president stated. “He pledged to be back, and now he’s fulfilling his promise. The first week of this administration has made it clear that President Trump and Vice President Vance keep their word.”
Vance’s visit reaffirms his commitment to giving disaster relief and recovery efforts for communities hit by natural catastrophes top priority.
Providing aid and making sure the impacted communities get the attention they require will be the main goals of his journey to Damascus.
A few days before to the vice president’s visit, President Donald Trump visited the area on January 24 with First Lady Melania Trump.
The president visited Asheville, Fletcher, and Swannanoa, three towns in North Carolina damaged by Hurricane Helene, for the second time.
Trump spoke to locals during his tour of the towns in North Carolina, recognizing the struggles many have endured since the hurricane.
During his visit to Swannanoa, he gave residents who had lost everything in the tragedy a moving opportunity to tell their own stories.
The frustration that many locals had with the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) reaction to the crisis was brought to light by these moving testimonies.
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Numerous residents voiced their displeasure with FEMA’s bureaucratic procedures, claiming that they are impeding their ability to quickly obtain the urgent assistance they want, including financial aid and housing support.
Trump promised to “do a good job” in assisting North Carolina in rebuilding and repairing the hurricane’s devastation, assuring the locals that his administration will continue to support the recovery efforts.
He said that the federal government would intervene to resolve the issue, stressing the significance of removing bureaucratic obstacles to guarantee that those in need obtain the resources they require.
The administration’s dedication to disaster relief is demonstrated by both Vance and Trump’s visits, while some impacted towns are still dissatisfied with how well FEMA distributes money.
“I’ll also be signing an executive order to begin the process of fundamentally reforming and overhauling FEMA or maybe getting rid of FEMA,” Trump stated in North Carolina on Friday morning. “I think, frankly, FEMA is not good.”
These excursions serve as a reminder of the continuous difficulties that towns in the southeastern United States are encountering and the ongoing need for timely, effective federal assistance as the recovery efforts continue.
“We’re going to fix it, and we’re going to fix it as fast as you can,” Trump stated. “It’s a massive amount of damage. FEMA has really let us down, let the country down. And I don’t know if that’s [former President Joe] Biden’s fault or whose fault it is, but we’re going to take over. We’re going to do a good job.”
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