You're upset because I exposed your belated hyper-partisan nonsense. Federal response was immediate and thorough.
Why do you feel the need to pervert the reality now?
Despite the visible presence of federal workers there, partisan commentators and some politicians have suggested that President Joe Biden and his administration have denied aid...
... the Federal Emergency Management Agency hasn’t sent direct financial aid, because those affected by this type of accident don’t qualify. But it has provided other assistance.
Officials from FEMA and state agencies in Ohio had been in “constant contact regarding emergency operations in East Palestine,” according to a joint statement issued on Feb. 17 by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, and FEMA Regional Administrator Thomas C. Sivak.
And, as of Feb. 18, FEMA had sent a “senior response official along with a Regional Incident Management Assistance Team (IMAT) to support ongoing operations, including incident coordination and ongoing assessments of potential long term recovery needs,” the statement said.
The people affected by the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, do not qualify for direct financial aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. But FEMA and other federal agencies have been assisting since the accident there in early February. Social media posts have misleadingly...
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