claim: donald trump donated food and supplies to lumberton, north carolina, and other towns ravaged by hurricane matthew.
question: donald trump donated food, supplies to victims of hurricane matthew in north carolina
origin: from late september through early october 2016, hurricane matthew cut a devastating path northward from the caribbean to the southeastern united states, leaving more than a thousand dead and billions of dollars in property damage in its wake. in north carolina, matthew’s last point of contact with land before dissipating in the atlantic on 9 october, at least 26 people were known dead and some communities in the western part of the state were still”effectively underwater” a week later, according to reuters.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  on 14 october 2016, posts went viral on facebook and twitter carrying the news that gop presidential candidate donald trump had delivered $29,000 worth of emergency food and supplies to residents in lumberton, nc and other nearby towns stricken by the hurricane:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  apart from the implication that donald trump himself was present for the deliveries (he wasn’t), the social media reports were accurate. led by daughter-in-law (wife of eric trump) lara, a trump/pence campaign offshoot called the women’s empowerment tour spent two days delivering emergency supplies to lumberton, fayetteville, and greenville, north carolina in mid-october. campaign spokesman mark serrano told the fayetteville observer that donald trump donated $29,000 worth of food and supplies for the effort.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  the gop nominee tweeted a short video about the hurricane relief mission on 14 october:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  thank you @trumpwomenstour!#makeamericagreatagainpic.twitter.com/r4oxahpsab
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  — donald j. trump (@realdonaldtrump) october 15, 2016
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  lara trump, a north carolina native, credited the candidate with diverting her group from the campaign trail and sending them to the devastated region. she told the fayetteville observer:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  my father-in-law said, you take a break and go down and help them out. we really want to bring whatever relief we can.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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comment: the trump/pence campaign delivered $29,000 in food and supplies to hurricane matthew victims in three north carolina towns.
summary: on 14 october 2016, posts went viral on facebook and twitter carrying the news that gop presidential candidate donald trump had delivered $29,000 worth of emergency food and supplies to residents in lumberton, nc and other nearby towns stricken by the hurricane. the social media reports were accurate. a trump/pence campaign offshoot called the women’s empowerment tour spent two days delivering emergency supplies in mid-october.