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Kristi Noem: “The FEMA was a political disaster before President Trump…”

Featuring: Kristi Noem, Republican | Secretary of Homeland Security, Former Governor of South Dakota | National

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Published | Video Starts at 14:42

That is all proactive work we're doing to help support these disasters that are managed by states but executed by the local officials. And I think it's been phenomenal to see that partnership. The FEMA was a political disaster before President Trump came in and said we're going to reform it, make it responsive. And that's exactly what we've done. But it needs to be funded in order for us to be able to give this kind of support. (14:42–14:49)

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Asserts that FEMA was ineffective before reforms under President Trump.

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