North Carolina Republican Pleads To End Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories On Helene Disaster Relief
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State Sen. Kevin Corbin calls out “conspiracy theory junk” about unburied bodies and FEMA stealing money.

State Sen. Kevin Corbin calls out “conspiracy theory junk” about unburied bodies and FEMA stealing money.

A Republican senator in the North Carolina legislature has issued a public plea for people to stop spreading conspiracy theories about the disaster recovery efforts in areas ravaged by flooding from Hurricane Helene.

In a Thursday afternoon Facebook post, state Sen. Kevin Corbin, who represents the state’s westernmost area, asked his followers for a favor: “Will you all help STOP this conspiracy theory junk that is floating all over Facebook and the internet about the floods in WNC.”

  • dohpaz42@lemmy.worldEnglish
    287·
    3 months ago

    Look, I’m all for accountability. But right now, with respect to Helene and recovery/rescue efforts, is not the time. It’s a Good Thing ™ that Republicans come out and denounce these falsehoods, because hopefully their base will listen. It’s important that in this, among other things, we learn to work together as a country.

    • solsangraal@lemmy.zipEnglish
      261·
      3 months ago

      Republicans come out and denounce these falsehoods

      lol don’t you know that once you go against the established hive-mind republican narrative, you’re officially a RINO

      this guy will be voted out immediately

        • solsangraal@lemmy.zipEnglish
          261·
          3 months ago

          other misguided quotes:

          hopefully their base will listen

          learn to work together as a country

          the entire republican ideology is about NOT working together, but blaming problems on people they don’t like and punishing them for it. this has been going on for years and years. we have republicans in the US congress saying democrats control the weather and intentionally wrecked WNC because it would hurt the republican vote

          there IS NO “working together” with these people, i hate to tell you

          • Rhaedas@fedia.io
            12·
            3 months ago

            The majority Republican NC congress is the antithesis of the idea of working together for the public good.

            • solsangraal@lemmy.zipEnglish
              9·
              3 months ago

              indeed. the NC house and senate are both full-blown republican, and they can’t even agree with each other on a state budget

              absolutely fucking useless

    • NABDad@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      3 months ago

      my wife and I visited my parents yesterday.

      The base isn’t listening.

    • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      71·
      3 months ago

      Yeah…it’s good that they denounce these falsehoods… Once it affects them!

      It’s convenient isn’t it? Spread falsehoods about Haitians, or just saying nothing, but when those falsehoods start affecting them, suddenly it’s time for restraint.

      I’m sorry but Republicans have, at best, enabled the alt right monster. Biden is helping them. If he wants people to stop spreading falsehoods, he should have started with things that didn’t affect him.

      But then again if he did that, he’d be a Democrat.

    • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      3 months ago

      So does that mean it’s finally the time to talk about gun control? What about the failed violent insurrection at the Capitol?

      Is it at least the right time to point out that Republicans want to dismantle the weather monitoring system?