“I think we can all unequivocally say in 2026, football is not going anywhere.”
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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordNovember 18, 2024
Another one that I also saw very widely circulated, that FEMA did not have enough money to provide relief services because that allocation of funds went to either undocumented immigrants, aid to Ukraine, or even aid to the Israeli Government. Is that correct, that FEMA funds were allocated away to those causes?
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York
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She addressed false claims about FEMA funds being diverted to other causes.

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