'Red flag': Trump's niece highlights latest deadly 'embarrassment to the Republican Party'
Donald Trump is killing his own supporters by spreading false information, and he has done it before, according to his family member.
Mary Trump, a trained psychologist and Trump's niece, on Wednesday evening spoke out against the former president's perpetuation of false information regarding the storms battering the Southeast of the country. She compared the phenomenon to Trump's false information about COVID, which she said caused a disproportionately high death rate among his own supporters.
"In the years since COVID first reached the United States, study after study has made clear that Donald Trump and his allies’ lies about the virus and vaccines led to a disproportionate number of deaths among his supporters," Mary Trump wrote late on Wednesday night. "He’s continuing to spread the same kind of disinformation about the catastrophic storms that have been ravaging, and continue to ravage the south."
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Mary Trump further noted that Congressman Chuck Edwards (R-NC) "was forced to put out a statement which attempt to debunk the lies that have been spread by others in his party, from Donald on down."
"That this was necessary should be an embarrassment to the Republican Party and yet another red flag to the American people," she added.
On the other side of the aisle, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris "have been working around the clock to save people’s lives, livelihoods, and property," according to Mary Trump.
"Meanwhile, Donald has been alleging that FEMA funds are being diverted away from residents in hard-hit areas to undocumented immigrants. For any other politician, these lies at a time of national crisis would be disqualifying. For him, they never are, but they may prove to be deadly to those of his supporters who, because of those lies, lose faith in the government’s ability or willingness to help them," she added. "But Donald is achieving exactly what he intends to—more division, more uncertainty, and more mistrust of the government."