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Government officials were forced to flee a county in North Carolina and one man was arrested after reports that an armed militia was prowling around in trucks “hunting” for Hurricane relief workers.
Deputies later said they found no evidence of truckloads of men with guns, but did arrest a man armed with an assault rifle who allegedly threatened to “mess up” FEMA workers.
On Saturday, the Washington Post reported on an email sent out by US Forest Service officials warning relief workers that “National Guard troops had come across two trucks of men saying [they] were out hunting FEMA.”
That email resulted in aid workers being evacuated out of Rutherford County.
Republicans and their allies in conservative media spaces have been trying to use the destruction wrought by hurricanes Helene and Milton as an avenue of attack on Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democrats ahead of the 2024 election next month.
In their attempts to weaponize the devastation in North Carolina, some Republicans — like Donald Trump — have spread false information and accused FEMA of only giving out $750 to those affected by the storms and diverting other disaster relief funding to migrant shelters.
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Deputies later said they found no evidence of truckloads of men with guns, but did arrest a man armed with an assault rifle who allegedly threatened to “mess up” FEMA workers.
On Saturday, the Washington Post reported on an email sent out by US Forest Service officials warning relief workers that “National Guard troops had come across two trucks of men saying [they] were out hunting FEMA.”
That email resulted in aid workers being evacuated out of Rutherford County.
Republicans and their allies in conservative media spaces have been trying to use the destruction wrought by hurricanes Helene and Milton as an avenue of attack on Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democrats ahead of the 2024 election next month.
In their attempts to weaponize the devastation in North Carolina, some Republicans — like Donald Trump — have spread false information and accused FEMA of only giving out $750 to those affected by the storms and diverting other disaster relief funding to migrant shelters.
Man with assault rifle arrested after reports ‘armed militia’ were hunting hurricane relief workers
Republicans and conservative media figures have been pushing Hurricane Helene misinformation since the storm made landfall
