"FEMA also been accused by former presidentĀ Donald Trump, theĀ RepublicanĀ nominee, and otherĀ RepublicansĀ of not being able to respond well enough to Helene because it had diverted disaster relief funds to help migrants.
That is not true, because while FEMA administers the Shelter and Services Program, funding for it comes from a separate pot of money funded byĀ CongressĀ for U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Other false claims that have circulated include that people taking federal relief money could see their land seized or that that $750 is the most they will ever get to rebuild. FEMA has pushed back against the false claims and conspiracy theories, setting up a page on its website to combat misinformation and rumors."
The difference is back then, it was relegated to the insane fringe. The premise of the X-Files is āwhat if all those farfetched conspiracy theories were trueā, evil FEMA was in the same category as cryptids and alien abduction. Now itās part of the platform of the second largest political party in the country. Itās roughly equivalent to campaigning on killing Bigfoot, if not worse because at least the latter is harmless.