LISTEN: Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley was recorded saying he supports abolishing FEMA and replacing the agency with a new program that provides block grants to states to handle disaster relief.
The conversation comes with many in western North Carolina complaining about the slow or insufficient rollout of federal relief after Helene hit the region in 2024.
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