GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump on Monday travelled to hurricane-ravaged Georgia where he criticized what he considers a poor emergency response by President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to Hurricane Helene, which has resulted in the deaths of over 100 people in the Southeast.
Upon arriving in Valdosta, Georgia, a community in the southern region of the state that has been devastated by the Helene, Trump told reporters that he hasn’t spoken to Biden since the storm made landfall in Florida late last week as a Category 4 hurricane.
“I haven’t reached out to him,” he said. “I think he’s sleeping right now, actually.”
The former president also took time during the visit to distribute supplies collected by Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian charity headed by the Rev. Franklin Graham.
Earlier on Monday, Trump posted on Truth Social about the devastation, accusing Democrats of withholding relief from “Republican areas.” He also accused Harris, now the Democratic presidential nominee, of staging a photo showing her on a phone call with FEMA Director Deanne Criswell.