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Donald Trump: “500 people are missing. It's a disaster. The federal…”

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Donald Trump campaigning in Juneau, Wisconsin

Published | Video Starts at 13:47

And I said, yeah, I do. Why? What do you need? He said, they have something called Starlink. Starlink. He said, we have no communication in North Carolina, people are dying. Like, 500 people are missing. It's a disaster. The federal government is doing. The White House is doing nothing. They've abandoned us. And, you know, it's largely a republican area, so some people say they did it for that reason. I don't even think they're that bad, but they probably. (13:47–13:55)

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Asserts that 500 people are missing and the federal government has not responded.

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