A North Carolina mayor whose daughter’s house was flattened in last week’s historic hurricane is blaming Vice President Kamala Harris for lying about FEMA efforts to help make residents whole.
Derek Roberts, the mayor of Newland, presides over just 719 residents, according to the 2020 census, but his daughter is one of those he is fighting for in an ongoing battle with FEMA. Speaking with Fox News on Tuesday, the small-town executive claimed his kin’s request for a $750 relief payment was denied by the disaster relief agency. “My daughter, whose house got completely wiped out – she has no flood insurance – meets with a FEMA person, applies for everything, doesn’t get the $750 that Kamala says she’s supposed to get. Gets approved for $300 for personal items. What is that gonna do?” Roberts asked in outrage.
Sean Hannity has been among the conservative critics chronicling locals’ meager efforts to save their communities following a devastating blow from Hurricane Helene. More than a week after the storm made landfall along the southern half of the East Coast, federal officials are still struggling to keep up with the deluge of relief requests by Roberts’ daughter and tens of thousands of