Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas faced renewed scrutiny this week over remarks that he made earlier this year about FEMA being prepared for natural disasters in the wake of Hurricane Helene devastating large swaths of the southeastern United States.
Mayorkas claimed in remarks to reporters from July that FEMA was “tremendously prepared.”
“This is what we do, this is what they do, and the key here … is to also make sure the communities who are potentially impacted are prepared as well,” he said. “And it’s not just hurricanes and wildfires – also extreme heat, which certainly some parts of the United States are experiencing.”
He claimed that FEMA was well prepared because it had “exercised these muscles, regrettably, year after year” due to what he claimed were increasing weather-related events.
However, Mayorkas claimed to reporters…
