Will the election, in just over a month, be affected? A Trump supporter has already suggested to the glittering intellegensa that follow him that it may all be a plot by the Democrats and Harris! The far-right congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has been criticised for spreading false conspiracy theories that “they can control the weather”. Though she never specified who she meant by “they”, she has a history of promoting untrue conspiracy theories around the federal government, her political opponents and Jews.
De Santis has also refused to take calls from Harris and Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, have accused the Biden administration of “abandoning” people and, baselessly, of being short of disaster relief funds due to money spent on undocumented migrants. (Fema’s housing program, which offers shelter to migrants leaving detention, is separate from its disaster relief program.) Deanne Criswell, the Fema administrator, said these falsehoods were “creating an impedance to our ability to actually get people the help they need”.
So all are willing to use this disaster for their own benefit? Apparently 3 million Americans have already voted.