Sorry, hurricane victims: Harris-Biden already spent your relief funds on migrants

The next Americans to get slammed by the Harris-Biden border disaster: hurricane victims!Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas, who also oversees the Federal Emergency Management Agency, announced Wednesday that “FEMA does not have the funds to make it” through the rest of hurricane season — because it’s already emptied its emergency kitty on illegal-migrant expenses.It’s now sending Helene victims $750 checks to finish off of a fund of just $10 million to help hurricane survivors buy groceries.President Biden’s answer: Have Congress give FEMA a fresh cash infusion.Meanwhile, FEMA’s devoted $641 million this year just to help state and local governments handle the influx.(Of course, Mayor Adams will point out that this federal help is far short of what localities need to cover their migrant costs.But Biden’s not asking for an appropriation to pay for that, because then he’d have to admit the cost of his open-border policies: Far better to just deplete FEMA’s funds, then tell Adams and other mayors to just suck it up, or else).To be fair, it’s not just Mayorkas who didn’t prep properly for this year’s hurricanes: Kamala Harris reportedly skipped the annual pre-storm-season briefing, indeed has opted out every year she’s been veep.Meanwhile, Georgia Gov.

Brian Kemp has his own Helene gripe with the Biden-Harris team: He says he was “outraged” when FEMA initially designated just 11 counties as post-hurricane disaster areas, which allows victims to file for federal assistance, when he saw “such devastation in up to 90 counties.” Morning Report and Evening Update: Your source for today's top stories Please provide a valid email address.By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

Never miss a story.He rang up the White House and got another 30 counties listed, with a chance for more to qualify.

(Hmm: If Georgia weren’t a swing stat...

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