Jamelle James, Sr.

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Jamelle James, Sr., 37, is a handyman in the Bronx. He has family and friends in North Carolina who were displaced by Hurricane Helene and denied FEMA funds. 

“What drove me to vote for Trump is because you are giving all these migrants all this money, $5,000 in food stamps, hotels. You know you’re giving them benefits, but we have national disasters going on.”