Did Trump Really Threaten To Withhold North Carolina Hurricane Fund?
Trump backed Whatley at the rally and linked additional hurricane recovery funding to the outcome of Whatley’s Senate race.
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TAP FOR WHYAt a North Carolina rally for Michael Whatley, Donald Trump said he would withhold nearly $3 billion in additional hurricane recovery funding if Whatley lost, then said he was joking. Roy Cooper’s campaign criticized Trump and Whatley’s claims and defended Cooper’s record on storms and crime.
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3 OUTLETSOutlets agree that at a rally for Michael Whatley, Trump tied additional North Carolina disaster aid to the outcome of Whatley’s Senate race, then said he was kidding. Center outlets frame the remark as a question of whether Trump threatened to withhold aid, while also reporting the joking qualification and responses from the Cooper campaign and officials. The two unrated articles likewise emphasize the conditional remark and his follow-up that he was kidding.
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