Trump designated disaster aid to 9 Republican-leaning states while plugging GOP candidates
Source: ABC News
President Donald Trump announced he approved more than $846 million in disaster relief funds for Republican-leaning states in a series of posts on his social media platform, combining the announcements with praise for candidates he endorsed in those states' upcoming elections.
"I am pleased to announce that the Great State of Louisiana has been approved to be given $8.6 Million Dollars in its Disaster Declaration Request. Louisiana is truly a special place, with Governor Jeff Landry, Senator John Kennedy, soon to be Senator Julia Letlow, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, and Congressman Clay Higgins," Trump said in one of the nine social media posts he made relating to aid approvals Tuesday evening.
The disaster relief approvals come as people across the U.S. experience severe weather events in recent days -- from a wildfire in Utah approaching 100,000-acres to extreme heat in the Midwest and Northeast to a declared state of emergency due to flash flooding in Kentucky.
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The president has repeatedly approved a higher percentage of aid requests for Republican-leaning states than for Democratic-leaning ones in his second term, according to the nonpartisan think tank Urban Institute. Nearly 84% of disaster requests from states that voted for Trump in 2024 were approved, compared to about 42% from states that voted for Kamala Harris, according to an analysis of public FEMA data from Andrew Rumbach, senior fellow at the Urban Institute.
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