A pair of Democratic governors criticized President Donald Trump for not approving federal disaster relief for states led by those he has political disagreements with.
Both Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD), whose state was recently denied disaster relief for severe flooding with little explanation, and former Gov. Jay Inslee (D-WA), whose state was denied disaster relief in June for bomb cyclones, voiced their frustrations with the Trump administration.
In both cases, President Trump eventually denied disaster relief for communities in our states,” the pair wrote an op-ed published in The Hill.
“The federal government’s job is clear: to protect people from disaster and help communities recover. At Trump’s direction, FEMA has done the opposite, abandoning its responsibility and shifting the burden onto states like Maryland and Washington,”
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