Damascus, Virginia. -The Vice President JD VANCE traveled to Damascus, Virginia, a town in the southwestern state of Hurricane Helen in September, in September.
Visiting is the second time to Vance's Damascus, a few days after President Donald Trump traveled to western North Carolina on January 24 and was struggling to recover after hurricanes. It was his first official trip as Vice President.
“The local government is working, the state government is working as hard as possible, the local community, non -profit organizations and churches work at a fierce speed, but you have the federal government -the most money. The biggest institution that has it -it doesn't do that, how well we can do. ” ) He said when asked about the response.
Vans is the Governor of Virginia, Glen Young Kin, the State Senator Todd Pillion, the mayor of Damascus, Katie Lam, and the local enforcement officer and firefighter I arrived at the Damascus Fire Department before 1:00 pm. He said that Young Kin and Lamb were blown away for discussions on the round table. -On September 27, after Helen swept the area, he showed an uptop by the downtown Damascus, which was flooded.
Trump visiting a small town in North Carolina brings hopes to the Hustle survivors who have lost everything.
Vice President JD Vance will meet Virginia Governor Glen Young Kin in Damascus, Virginia on Monday, January 27, 2025. This is the first official trip with the Trump administration to Vans President Damascus. Hurricane Helen in September. (Audrey Concrin/Fox News Digital)
While talking to the press, Vice President pointed out stories about the local people who gathered to help people in need after the disaster, and thanked to living in a country that is proud of charitable activities. He said.
The truck displays the sign “Damascus Strong” because Vice President JD Vans visits Damascus, Virginia on Monday, January 27, 2025. Helen in September. (Audrey Concrin/Fox News Digital)
Trump and Vance have shouted in their criticism of Hurricane Helen's aftermath, as soon as FEMA took office. The White House last week, a council, which evaluates government agencies, and plans to evaluate how to manage Americans during the disaster.
In mid -January, FEMA had a plan to terminate temporary housing support to provide Hotel Vouchers funded by FEMA to those affected by Hurricane -approximately 2,000 North Carolina residents on the same weekend. However, the blizzard was blown away, but the agency is by Agency. The deadline has been extended multiple times after a public protest, and the latest extension is the deadline on May 26.
Hurricane survivors who met Trump in North Carolina share the words of the president who sticked to them.
Vice President JD will meet Glenyon, the Governor of Virginia, with the mayor of Damascus, Damascus, Virginia, and the State House of Representatives on Monday, 2025. This was devastated by Hurricane Helen in September. (Audrey Concrin/Fox News Digital)
“When I was in the western part of North Carolina before taking office, I heard the most after the election, but some people want to put trailers and other temporary housing in a specific area in western North Carolina. They were not possible because they were inappropriate for people to support these specific areas in the first place.
Vice President JD VANCE arrives at the Air Force 2 at a joint base in Maryland on January 27, 2025 at Maryland. (AP photo/Benktis, pool)
Trump stopped on January 24 with fletcher and Swanannoa, North Carolina, shared local plans, and heard from locals who lost everything in hurricane.
Several Swannano residents, who talked to the Fox News Digital while the president's visit, appealed for the government's deficit, making it difficult to receive financial or housing support in a reasonable time. Others said that they were supported by FEMA after taking everything that Hurricane had, but not enough to help them recover.
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Vice President JD Vans arrives in Damascus, Virginia on Monday, January 27, 2025. This is the first official trip to Vans with the Trump administration to Damascus in Damascus, which was devastated by Hurricane Helen in September. (Audrey Concrin/Fox News Digital)
Vance said that his “take -out” from the first week as Vice President said that Americans should have high expectations for the federal government.
“The government tends to be as wrong as the people who run it, but we can do much better than in recent years.”
“I talked to many people,” Well, it's a federal government, all bureaucrats, all deficit. ” No, no, no, bureaucracy and deficit are not an excuse that the government does not work, “Vans said. “We are not perfect. We are not, the government tends to be as wrong as the people who do it.
The fire truck displays the sign “Damascus Strong” because Vice President JD Vans visits Damascus, Virginia on Monday, January 27, 2025. This is the first official trip with the Trump administration to Vans President Damascus. Hurricane Helen in September. (Audrey Concrin/Fox News Digital)
Vice President, who has a connection between Apalachi and family, pointed out that the area has been ignored for decades for decades in this country.
“Again, we won't be perfect, but we promise that this administration will not forget you. We love you. We support you.” Vance said. “And we want to be part of this incredible recovery here in the southwestern part of Virginia. God blesss you.”
Trump visits the town of North Carolina, which is still suffering a few months after Helen, “It was severely treated by the Democratic Party.”
Vice President JD Vans talked to the right to the right outside of Damascus Diner on January 27, 2025, on January 27, 2025, on January 27, 2025, on January 27, 2025, on January 27, 2025. Masu. 。 (AP photo/Benktis, pool)
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Hurricane Helen died more than 200 in six states, including Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Recovery is a large and continuous initiative in many areas in the Apalacia region, which was destroyed by historical floods and strong winds in late September, and 4 in these areas who lost their homes in the storm. I still live in campers and tents after a month.
The U.S. Army Kingdom said that only half of the recovery of debris from Hurricane Helen was completed.
