September 30, 2024 17:58 GMT
US: Trump To Deliver Remarks In Georgia Shortly
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Former President Donald Trump is shortly due to deliver remarks in Valdosta, Georgia, a town that has been hit hard by Hurricane Helene. LIVESTREAM Local news reports that Trump," will hand out supplies and receive an update on the devastating impact Helene had on the state."
- Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R-GA) said on Saturday in Valdosta: “It’s going to take a lot longer. We’ve got a lot, a lot of damage. This is like a war zone.”
- As the storm has hit two key presidential election swing states, North Carolina and Georgia, the disaster is transforming into a major campaign issue. Trump’s campaign said in an email yesterday: “Where’s Kamala? Oh, that’s right, she is wining and dining with her radical left donors in San Francisco.”
- Semafor reports: “The storm also likely caused over $30 billion in economic damage, with huge consequences for the insurance sector, which is increasingly affected by the changing weather patterns driven by climate change… Moody’s Analytics projected property damage between $15 billion and $26 billion, while AccuWeather offered a total damage estimate of as much as $110 billion.”
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