Pro-Trump mayor rips "counterproductive" FEMA accusations

Knox County, Tennessee, Mayor Glenn "Kane" Jacobs said that false claims about the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) response to Hurricane Helene are "counterproductive" to officials' recovery efforts in states hit by the storm last week. "To my knowledge, FEMA, TEMA [Tennessee Emergency Management Agency], nor anyone else is confiscating supplies," Jacobs, a WWE Hall of Famer and GOP Tennessee delegate wrote on X (formerly Twitter) early Friday morning. "Please quit spreading those rumors as they are counterproductive to response efforts." The statement comes as former President Donald Trump continues...