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(NewsNation) — Former president and 2024 Republican nominee Donald Trump volition beryllium successful Evans, Georgia Friday to get a briefing connected Hurricane Helene.
After the briefing, during which helium volition beryllium joined by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, Trump volition present remarks to the press, according to his website. The narration betwixt Kemp and Trump has sometimes been tense. Trump inactive falsely says that helium won Georgia successful the 2020 election, and Kemp refused to halt the certification of Trump's nonaccomplishment 4 years ago. However, NewsNation spouse The Hill reports the 2 politicians person sought to enactment a "long-simmering feud" connected the backmost burner during run season.
Hurricane Helene made landfall successful Florida’s Big Bend past week, wreaking havoc successful six states. Its effect are inactive being felt a week later, with astatine slightest 215 radical dormant and galore unaccounted for. A deficiency of telephone work and energy has hindered hunt efforts for the missing. Roughly fractional the victims of the tempest were successful North Carolina, portion dozens much were killed successful South Carolina and Georgia, according to the Associated Press.
Trump besides visited Georgia earlier this week, arsenic good arsenic Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for president.
“Our hearts are with you and we are going to beryllium with you arsenic agelong arsenic you request it,” Trump said successful Valdosta Monday.
During his travel to Valdosta, Trump repeatedly lied astir the national effect to Hurricane Helene, claiming President Joe Biden hadn't responded to Kemp. The White House, however, antecedently said Biden spoke by telephone to the Georgia governor, and Kemp himself confirmed Monday greeting that he'd spoken to the president connected Sunday night.
Harris, meanwhile, went to Augusta Wednesday, wherever according to the Associated Press she handed retired meals, embraced a shaken household and surveyed Hurricane Helene’s path of destruction.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
