An Hawaiian woman who lost her home, vehicle, animals, and medicine after the Maui wildfire said the $700 payments being offered by Joe Biden pales in comparison to the massive quantities of aid being sent to Ukraine.
“I haven’t had any money come in. I haven’t had anybody call me back,” the woman said in a video posted on X by Jeremy Loffredo.
“I lost my house. I lost my car. I lost my animals,” the woman said.
She added that her “medicine was all burnt in my house. My rent money was all burnt in my house. I have no money anymore.”
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“I think Joe Biden should take his $700 and get back on the f***in’ plane and go home, that’s what I think,” she added.
She continued, saying that “$700 compared to all the millions he’s given” to the nation of Ukraine was an insult.
“Fix your house before you fix somebody else’s house,” she said.
Loffredo described the woman he spoke to as an “indigenous Lahaina local.”
FEMA has authorized payments of $700 per household to assist people displaced after the fires, the White House confirmed.
“Critical Needs Assistance provides a one-time payment of $700 to address immediate needs such as food, water, and clothing,” according to FEMA.
“This is just one of several types of federal assistance you may be eligible to receive.”
The United States has poured billions of dollars worth of aid to assist Ukraine since the war began with Russia.
Someone responded to Loffredo’s post asking who the woman is and noted that they would “gladly send $100 to her directly.”
Loffredo responded, writing, “Venmo: Joy-Shelton-4.”
The individual later posted a screenshot showing that they had sent the woman $100.
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