Vance blames ‘broken bureaucracy’ for response to hurricanes

    Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks at a campaign event at The Pennsylvanian in Pittsburgh, Pa., Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Droke)

    Vance shared with voters in North Carolina that he has little confidence in the federal and state governments’ ability to recover the state’s western region due to a “broken bureaucracy that’s managing this process.”

    The vice presidential candidate was angry there are “eight different agencies” working on the recovery, calling it “bureaucratic incompetence.”

    Republicans have been very critical of the response to Hurricanes Helene and Milton.