Vice President J.D. Vance said Monday that the Trump administration would work to slash the bureaucracy slowing down the federal response to natural disasters during a visit to storm-ravaged Virginia.
Vance criticized bureaucrats impeding the federal response to recent hurricanes during a meeting with hurricane victims, relief workers, lawmakers, and businessmen in Damascus, Virginia. The stop in Damascus, which was devastated by flooding caused by Hurricane Helene last year, marked Vance’s first domestic trip as vice president.
“The bureaucracy and the red tape is not an excuse for the government to not do its job,” Vance said when speaking to reporters. “We’re not going to be perfect. We never will be. Government is as fallible as the people who run it, but we can do a heck of a lot better than we have over the last few years, and that is something that President Trump…
