Heres where FEMA money really goes [Video]

Hurricane Milton and Hurricane Leslie are spinning close to the U.S. while communities are still struggling to recover from Hurricane Helene, and misinformation about the Federal Emergency Management Agency is running rampant.

“I think all of it is damaging to our ability to be able to reach people,” said FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell Wednesday. “It’s intentional to create distrust, and that level of distrust is, as [President Joe Biden] said earlier today, ‘un-American.’ And what we need to do is make sure people can get the assistance that they need and they deserve.”

One example of this misinformation is a rumor that FEMA will take land from residents if they accept an initial $750 assistance payment provided for immediate needs when people register for assistance and fail to pay it back.Criswell said this is “simply untrue.”

She explained that misinformation about FEMA significantly increased following the wildfire in Maui, Hawaii, last year. It …