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(The Hill) — President Joe Biden connected Thursday said that erstwhile President Trump "should get a life" amid false claims from Trump and his allies astir the national effect to the caller hurricanes.
“Mr. President Trump, erstwhile President Trump, get a beingness man, assistance these people,” Biden said successful remarks connected Hurricane Milton from the White House.
Biden was questioned if helium has spoken to Trump astir spreading misinformation and responded, “Are you kidding me?”
The president said that the “public volition clasp (Trump) accountable,” adding that the property volition bash truthful arsenic good due to the fact that “you cognize the truth.”
And, erstwhile questioned if helium plans to talk with Trump directly, helium replied an emphatic “no.”
Biden specially called retired a assertion from Trump that those impacted by the tempest are only receiving $750 successful authorities assistance.
“That $750 that they’re talking about, Mr. Trump and each those different radical cognize that’s a prevarication to suggest that’s each they’re going to get. That’s bizarre. It’s bizarre,” the president said. “You’ve got to halt this. I mean they’re being truthful damn un-American with however they’re talking astir this stuff.”
Biden has called for Trump and his allies, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., to halt spreading misinformation successful the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and present Milton. He besides gave 2 speeches from the White House connected Wednesday to effort to combat misinformation.
Milton made landfall precocious Wednesday on Florida’s Gulf Coast. The deadly tempest surge led to flooding and millions of Floridians experiencing powerfulness outages.
