Cruelty over compassion: Trump denies disaster aid

MADISON – Gov. Tony Evers issued this statement today after the Trump Administration denied federal aid for six Wisconsin counties impacted by severe storms and flooding in August.

Executive Director Kerry Schumann had this to say about the Trump Administration’s refusal to help Wisconsin:

“The Trump Administration just denied federal disaster aid for Wisconsin communities reeling from August’s flooding even as storms grow ever stronger due to climate change.

Turning your back on families facing washed-out roads, damaged schools, and flooded homes because they’re not seen as political allies is unconscionable.

These communities didn’t cause this crisis, but they’re living through it. They deserve leadership that helps them recover and protects them from the next flood, not one that deepens the damage.

Time and again, Trump has issued executive orders and signed laws that worsen the climate crisis. Denying disaster aid while fueling the very conditions that create it is indefensible.

There’s nothing worse for Wisconsinites in peril than this kind of calculated cruelty.”

NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.