JD Vance going to Virginia on Monday in initial main journey as vice head of state

FIRST ON: JD Vance is “fulfilling his promise” to American citizens as he makes his initial journey as vice head of state to Damascus, Virginia, on Monday to see locations influenced by Hurricane Helene in late September.

It will certainly be Vance’s 2nd journey to Damascus because the cyclone brushed up throughout the southeast onSept 27, ruining components of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida and leaving greater than 200 individuals dead.

“Vice President Vance visited with Damascus residents in October after the town was ravaged by Hurricane Helene,” a representative for the vice head of state informedFox News Digital “He pledged to be back, and now he’s fulfilling his promise. The first week of this administration has made it clear that President Trump and Vice President Vance keep their word.”

Vance’s journey comes simply days after President Donald Trump, initial woman Melania Trump and various other political leaders gone to Asheville, Fletcher and Swannanoa, North Carolina, onJan 24, noting the now-president’s 2nd journey to those locations because September.

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Vice President- choose JD Vance, left, takes the vow of workplace as his spouse, Usha, enjoys onJan 20, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo through AP)

Trump talked in all 3 communities however permitted a team of residents that shed whatever in Helene to share their very own individual tales throughout his drop inSwannanoa Some residents have actually differed with the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) handling of the catastrophe, claiming it has way too much bureaucracy for those seeking instant support to obtain the assistance they require, whether it be real estate, cash or both.

“I’ll also be signing an executive order to begin the process of fundamentally reforming and overhauling FEMA or maybe getting rid of FEMA,” Trump informed press reporters in North Carolina on Friday early morning. “I think, frankly, FEMA is not good.”

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President Donald Trump talks throughout a check out to an area influenced by Hurricane Helene in Swannanoa, N.C., onJan 24, 2025. ( MANDEL NGAN/AFP through Getty Images)

Trump likewise guaranteed that his management would certainly action in and aid North Carolina to deal with the damages promptly, swearing to “do a good job” for the state.

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“We’re going to fix it, and we’re going to fix it as fast as you can,” Trump stated. “It’s a massive amount of damage. FEMA has really let us down, let the country down. And I don’t know if that’s [former President Joe] Biden’s fault or whose fault it is, but we’re going to take over. We’re going to do a good job.”

Fox News’ Emma Colton added to this record.