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Red state governors in Mississippi and Georgia complain they've been waiting for a response from Trump for days
Nearly two dozen people have been confirmed dead in the aftermath of massive storms that hit three Southern states over the weekend. And while President Donald Trump was signing an executive order freezing hiring for all federal employees during his first “day of action,” the governors of affected red states have been begging for assistance from the federal government.
As four severe storms moved south from Georgia and Mississippi into the Florida Panhandle, 50 unconfirmed tornadoes have been reported from Thursday to Sunday, according to the Weather Channel. Experts believe weeks of cleanup will be required, but so far, the Trump administration has all but ignored the crisis.
NBC News reported that Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant sent a letter to Trump pleading for help after four people were killed in his state and more than 1,000 homes were damaged in one county alone. Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal expanded a state of emergency in his state — where 15 people have been confirmed dead — from seven counties to 16 on Monday afternoon and extended the order through Jan. 30.
Chris Cohilas, Georgia’s Dougherty County commission chairman, said he was “begging FEMA for boots on the ground” and “asking President Trump to cut through the red tape and get people on the damned ground here.”
The area was still recovering from a devastating Jan. 2 tornado hat left a trail of damage in excess of $50 million when it were hit early Sunday with another brutal storm. Dougherty County officials told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that they felt abandoned by FEMA after the Jan. 2 tornado, and that Sunday’s storms — which left four in the county dead — only made matters worse.
When he said you're on your own by god he meant it.
Red state governors in Mississippi and Georgia complain they've been waiting for a response from Trump for days
Nearly two dozen people have been confirmed dead in the aftermath of massive storms that hit three Southern states over the weekend. And while President Donald Trump was signing an executive order freezing hiring for all federal employees during his first “day of action,” the governors of affected red states have been begging for assistance from the federal government.
As four severe storms moved south from Georgia and Mississippi into the Florida Panhandle, 50 unconfirmed tornadoes have been reported from Thursday to Sunday, according to the Weather Channel. Experts believe weeks of cleanup will be required, but so far, the Trump administration has all but ignored the crisis.
NBC News reported that Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant sent a letter to Trump pleading for help after four people were killed in his state and more than 1,000 homes were damaged in one county alone. Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal expanded a state of emergency in his state — where 15 people have been confirmed dead — from seven counties to 16 on Monday afternoon and extended the order through Jan. 30.
Chris Cohilas, Georgia’s Dougherty County commission chairman, said he was “begging FEMA for boots on the ground” and “asking President Trump to cut through the red tape and get people on the damned ground here.”
The area was still recovering from a devastating Jan. 2 tornado hat left a trail of damage in excess of $50 million when it were hit early Sunday with another brutal storm. Dougherty County officials told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that they felt abandoned by FEMA after the Jan. 2 tornado, and that Sunday’s storms — which left four in the county dead — only made matters worse.
When he said you're on your own by god he meant it.
