I have urged everyone currently located in Hurricane Milton’s path to listen to local officials and follow safety instructions... if you're under evacuation orders, you should evacuate now,
And while we prepare for Hurricane Milton, we're still surging resources in North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, Tennessee to respond to Hurricane Helene,
It’s a matter of life and death,
Every request that we’ve made – I’ve been in contact with the president, I’ve been in contact with the FEMA director,
I’ve worked on these Hurricanes under both President Trump and President Biden. Neither of them ever tried to politicize it. She’s never called on any of the storms we’ve had since she’s been vice president until apparently now. Why all of a sudden is she trying to parachute in and inject herself when she’s never shown any interest in the past? We know it’s because of politics. We know it’s because of her campaign. I have zero time to entertain these political games,
I have called and talked with, in the course of this crisis, this most recent crisis, with Democrat and Republican governors…. So, obviously, this is not an issue that is about partisanship or politics for certain leaders, but maybe it's for others."
Everything we’ve asked for from President Biden, he’s approved,
People are in desperate need of support right now and playing political games at this moment in these crisis situations…is just utterly irresponsible, and it is selfish,
I didn’t know that she had called. I’m not sure who they called. They didn’t call me,
If you’re under evacuation or orders, you should evacuate now, now, now,
This could be the worst storm to hit Florida in over a century, and God-willing it won't be, but it's looking like that right now,
Given the projected trajectory and strength of Hurricane Milton, President Biden is postponing his upcoming trip to Germany and Angola in order to oversee preparations for and the response to Hurricane Milton, in addition to the ongoing response to the impacts of Hurricane Helene across the Southeast,
President Biden and Taoiseach Simon Harris spoke last night,