"There is an enormous federal response helping the people of North Carolina and all of the states impacted by Hurricane Milton and Helene," Buttigieg said, responding to accusations from former President Donald Trump that the federal government had failed North Carolina. "If you talk to mayors, if you talk to governors, by the way, from both parties of these states, they are repeatedly saying that everything they have sought from the federal government, from the federal response, they are getting," Buttigieg added, dismissing the criticism as political rhetoric.