"As Hurricane Milton approaches Florida, Christina Pushaw, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' press secretary took to social media to rebuke one viral falsehood that urged people not to evacuate so as to protect their property from FEMA: Spreading LIES like this could have serious consequences. She urged people to follow directions to evacuate."
"One challenge for FEMA and local first responders is that prominent political figures, including former President Donald Trump, have amplified falsehoods, politicizing the storm response less than a month ahead of the presidential election."
"I hadn't heard any of that impacting our response here yet, Willie Nunn told NPR on Tuesday. Nunn, the FEMA administrator for the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, is currently serving as the senior FEMA official in Florida to support the response and recovery efforts for Hurricanes Helene and Milton."
"The basic thing you should understand about disasters is they are the most political thing that happens in a democracy said George Haddow, who was the White House liaison and deputy chief of staff at FEMA. All these people hurting. Big media coverage. And then there's the politics and the money."
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