Update: The employee was fired!
Deanne Criswell, the administrator of the federal agency, posted on X : “More than 22,000 Fema employees every day adhere to Fema’s core values and are dedicated to helping people before, during and after disasters, often sacrificing time with their own families to help disaster survivors.”
She continued: “Recently, a Fema employee departed from these values to advise her survivor assistance team not go to homes with yard signs supporting President-elect Trump. This is a clear violation of Fema’s core values and principles to help people regardless of their political affiliation.”
The Fema employee has not yet been officially identified, but Criswell said of the actions: “This was reprehensible. I want to be clear to all of my employees and the American people, this type of behavior and action will not be tolerated at Fema and we will hold people accountable if they violate these standards of conduct.”
Creswell further posted on Saturday: “We take our mission to help everyone before, during and after disasters seriously. This employee has been terminated and we have referred the matter to the Office of Special Counsel. I will continue to do everything I can to make sure this never happens again.”
Original Story:
Luke Rosiak at Daily Wire reported that one of FEMA’s supervisors told workers not to help Floridians with Trump signs on their homes after Hurricane Milton. Whistleblowers say that relief workers were told it was “best practice” to pass over houses “advertising Trump.”
Florida Governor DeSantis is angry. On Friday, he ordered an investigation into the reports.
Mr. DeSantis wrote on X that he directed the state’s Division of Emergency Management to probe “the federal government’s targeted discrimination of Floridians who support Donald Trump.”
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“The blatant weaponization of government by partisan activists in the federal bureaucracy is yet another reason why the Biden-Harris administration is in its final days,” Mr. DeSantis wrote. “New leadership is on the way in DC, and I’m optimistic that these partisan bureaucrats will be fired.”
WORKERS OBJECTED
The workers entered wording into the system: Made no contact with the residents, blaming the directive: “Trump sign, no contact per leadership.”
One worker says it wasn’t what he signed up for.
“I thought we could go help and make a difference. When we got there, we were told to discriminate against people. It’s almost unbelievable to think that somebody in the federal government would think that’s okay.”
The Daily Wire:
A FEMA supervisor told workers in a message to “avoid homes advertising Trump” as they canvassed Lake Placid, Florida to identify residents who could qualify for federal aid, internal messages viewed by The Daily Wire reveal. The supervisor, Marn’i Washington, relayed this message both verbally and in a group chat used by the relief team, multiple government employees told The Daily Wire.
The government employees told The Daily Wire that at least 20 homes with Trump signs or flags were skipped from the end of October and into November due to the guidance, meaning they were not given the opportunity to qualify for FEMA assistance. Images shared with The Daily Wire show that houses were skipped over by the workers, who wrote in the government system messages such as: “Trump sign no entry per leadership.”
“I volunteered to help disaster victims, not discriminate against them,” the employee said. “It didn’t matter if people were black, white, Hispanic, for Trump, for Harris. Everyone deserves the same amount of help.”
A FEMA official told reporter Leif Lemahieu, “We are aware of it, and we are taking action regarding the situation that you’re talking about.”
UPDATE: FEMA confirms this incident, saying it is “deeply disturbed by this employee’s actions,” “horrified that this took place,” and that it has taken “extreme actions to correct this situation.” https://t.co/Y5opCSu59F
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) November 8, 2024
I normally never suggest anyone lose their job, but this person should not have any authority over anyone ever.
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