WATCH: Dem governor praises Trump’s FEMA response
Democrat Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky Tuesday praised President Trump’s Federal Emergency Management Agency for how much better the agency is than under President Biden.
Beshear, a possible candidate for president in 2028, praised the speed and effectiveness of FEMA’s response to natural disasters.
Fox News reports that the comments came in an interview with “At Our Table” podcast host Jaime Harrison. Beshear said he believed the American people agree that the federal government should be there at their darkest moments, “where through no fault of your own, a hurricane, a tornado, flooding has torn through your communities.”
“The irony of all of it to me is, is Trump’s FEMA on the ground has done a good job in Kentucky. They have bettered their customer service. We’re not getting nearly as many complaints. They’re getting a lot of money through individual assistance out to families, especially after flooding. It’s actually a credit to his administration, and it seems to be the thing that they want to undo or unwind. Hopefully, him seeing it personally has an emotional impact because we need FEMA for that emergency response,” Beshear said.
Discussing the current state of his Democratic Party, Beshear noted, “We’ve got to make sure that we don’t get in our own way. And what I mean by that is we’ve got to be able to look at things that maybe we should have done better. And, as we go forward, make sure that we are not tripping ourselves up.”
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