FEMA employee fired for advising relief team to skip Trump supporters’ homes

Nov 11, 2024

Lauren Taylor Anchor/Reporter

By Lauren Taylor (Anchor/Reporter), Ian Kennedy (Video Editor)

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that it had fired an employee on Saturday, Nov. 9. The employee was reportedly fired after advising a hurricane assistance team to avoid assisting homes with yard signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump.

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“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,” FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said in a statement.

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The FEMA administrator did not identify the employee or specify where the incident occurred following Hurricane Helene’s impact on western North Carolina and Hurricane Milton’s devastation in Florida.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, R, claimed the incident took place in his state and directed Florida’s Division of Emergency Management to investigate.

“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,” DeSantis wrote in a post on X.

DeSantis referenced reporting from The Daily Wire, which detailed a FEMA whistleblower’s account of a FEMA supervisor, Marn’i Washington, allegedly instructing government employees working in Lake Placid, Florida, to avoid homes in the area displaying Trump signs.

According to The Daily Wire, the directive caused “disaster relief workers to skip at least 20 homes in the Lake Placid community.”

“New leadership is on the way in D.C., and I’m optimistic that these partisan bureaucrats will be fired,” DeSantis said.

FEMA confirmed the matter is under investigation and has been referred to the Office of Special Counsel.

“I will continue to do everything I can to make sure this never happens again,” the Criswell said.

Tags: Donald Trump, FEMA, Florida, Republicans, Ron DeSantis

[Lauren Taylor]

THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY ADMINISTRATOR SAYS ONE OF ITS EMPLOYEES HAS BEEN FIRED AFTER THAT EMPLOYEE ADVISED HER HURRICANE ASSISTANCE TEAM TO NOT VISIT HOMES WITH YARD SIGNS SUPPORTING PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP.

“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,” THE FEMA ADMINISTRATOR SAID IN A STATEMENT.

THE FEMA ADMINISTRATOR DID NOT NAME THE EMPLOYEE OR SAY WHERE THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE AFTER HURRICANE HELENE BATTERED WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND HURRICANE MILTON RAVAGED FLORIDA.

FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS CLAIMED IT HAPPENED IN HIS STATE AND SAID HE DIRECTED FLORIDA’S DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO INVESTIGATE.

“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 DAY,” DESANTIS WROTE IN A POST ON X.

DESANTIS CITED REPORTING FROM THE DAILY WIRE, WHICH DETAILED A FEMA WHISTLEBLOWER SOUNDING THE ALARM OVER A FEMA SUPERVISOR NAMED MARN’I WASHINGTON – WHO ALLEGEDLY DIRECTED GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WORKING IN LAKE PLACID, FLORIDA TO AVOID HOMES IN THE AREA ADVERTISING TRUMP.

ACCORDING TO THE DAILY WIRE, THE GUIDANCE LED TO “DISASTER RELIEF WORKERS TO SKIP AT LEAST 20 HOMES IN THE LAKE PLACID COMMUNITY.”

“NEW LEADERSHIP IS ON THE WAY IN DC, AND I’M OPTIMISTIC THAT THESE PARTISAN BUREAUCRATS WILL BE FIRED,” DESANTIS SAID.

ACCORDING TO FEMA, THE MATTER IS BEING INVESTIGATED AND HAS BEEN REFERRED TO THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL.

“I WILL CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO MAKE SURE THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN,” THE FEMA ADMINISTRATOR SAID.

FEMA employee fired for advising relief team to skip Trump supporters’ homes

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