SWANNANOA, N.C.—Standing on the silt-covered ground amid piles of debris, former President Donald Trump said the aftermath of Hurricane Helene left him awestruck. So did the grit of North Carolinians who cast a record-breaking number of early votes as they continued grappling with the storm’s aftermath.
In response to a question from The Epoch Times at an Oct. 21 news conference near Asheville, North Carolina, Trump shared his message to those early voters: “The first thing I'd say is, ‘We love you,’ because that’s really something special, really, for them to do that.”
