West Virginia Democrats call for measures in June flooded disaster declarations

Charleston, W.Va. (Wowk) – One month after the fatal flood, the state’s Democratic Party in the counties Ohio and Marion in West Virginia asked for answers to the status of the application after a federal disaster declaration.

Patrick Morrisey, Governor of West Virginia, announced on June 20 that he had requested the great declaration of disaster. On the same day the congress delegation of senators Shelley Moore Capito (rw.va.) and Jim Justice (Rw.Va.) and representative Carol Miller (Rw.Va.) and Riley Moore (Rw.Va.) announced on the same day signed a letter Ask the president to submit the statement.

They pointed out the widespread damage in the districts of Marion and Ohio, which were caused by bulky rains, straightforward winds, floods, landslides and mud leaders from storms that started on June 14. In the letter, the delegation also showed its appreciation for the state and the first aiders and volunteers of the local first aiders and volunteers to aid those affected.

According to the governor, FEMA’s individual aid program can provide financial support if the most critical disaster declaration is awarded, and an emergency declaration for public support would enable additional financial support for local governments and state authorities.

During the following storms and floods, nine people in the Ohio district died during the floods, and in both counties many families were driven out and houses, bridges and streets were destroyed. The party calls on the president to immediately approve the application of governor Morrisey to aid the needy families.

“It was a month since our neighbors have lost their houses, their livelihood and in some cases their loved ones,” said the delegate of West Virginia, Mike Puschkin, Chairman of the WVDP. “And yet President Trump has not yet signed the declaration of disaster. He left West Virginia families in their greatest time of need. This delay is not only bureaucratic, it is cruel.”

“Every day that passes without measures is another day when families cannot be reopened without another day. Another day are our communities back. Enough delay, enough silence. Do your job, Mr. President.”

Teresa Toriseva, WVDP Deputy Chairman

The WVDP says that this delay is a sturdy contrast to the reaction to the tragic floods that swept through Texas a little more than a week ago and killed more than 120 people, including children who visited the All-Girls Christian Camp Mystic along the Guadalup River. The declaration was signed on July 6th, just two days after the tragedy, According to Fema. The party says that it supports Texas who receive the federal aid that it needs, believes that West Virginians also need federal aid to collect the pieces of the floods of the last month.

According to Fema, the President has already signed one Emergency declaration for New Mexico For severe storms, floods and landslides that hit the state on June 23.

“We absolutely support the people in Texas to get the help they need. But West Virginians deserve the same help and they deserve them now,” said Teresa Toriseva, WVDP Vice President. “It shouldn’t matter which state you live in or which party your governor belongs to. Fema is not a political weapon. It is a promise to the American people that we will appear when disasters beat.”

The WVDP pointed out that governor Morrisey, although it is a Republican and ally of the president, had previously been accused of “playing politics” with disaster relief.

The party cited reports that Trump threatened to hold back the Fema support from California in 2018 and 2020 in Waldbrand crises. After Associated Press And the hill noticed that he wanted California to make changes to coordination laws and water flow management before he would offer the federal support of the Federal Forest Brands in January in January.

Puschkin also quoted that the President criticized the reaction of President Biden to the flood of the hurricane Helene in North Carolina by claiming that he had not helped the state. The WVDP consequences that bids moved “quickly” to approve the inquiries from the then governor Roy Cooper.

“President Trump quickly criticized Biden for imaginary delays in the support of a state led by Republicans, but now he is the one who is sitting at the request of his own political ally, governor Morrisey,” said Puschkin. “This is not only hypocrisy, but also the leadership.”