Trump designated disaster aid to 9 states that voted for him while plugging GOP candidates
Trump approved over $846M in disaster relief for Republican-leaning states, combining the announcements with praise for candidates he endorsed in upcoming elections.
Trump designated disaster aid to 9 Republican-leaning states while plugging GOP candidates
Trump combines disaster aid announcements with midterm election endorsements....
However, approval of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster aid requests appears to have significant partisan disparities under Trump.
The president has repeatedly approved a higher percentage of aid requests for Republican-leaning states than for Democratic-leaning ones in his second term, according to the nonpartisan think tank Urban Institute. Nearly 84% of disaster requests from states that voted for Trump in 2024 were approved, compared to about 42% from states that voted for Kamala Harris, according to an analysis of public FEMA data from Andrew Rumbach, senior fellow at the Urban Institute.


