Two weeks later, a Florida official said the Federal Emergency Management Agency was handing out assistance money to everyone who needed it without asking for much information of any kind. | How dare they hand out money to people whose homes were destroyed! |
Democrats said they confirmed suspicions the federal government used the hurricanes to send money to Florida, a key state in the election campaign.
'It's not surprising to learn that (Republicans) played politics with the hurricanes that tragically affected hundreds of thousands of Floridians last year,' said Josh Earnest, spokesman for the Democratic National Committee.
| A president handing out federal money during an election in a key state, why, I never heard of such a thing! |