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2024-11-10 Government Corruption
House Oversight calls on FEMA director to testify after official tells workers to avoid homes with Trump signs
[FoxNews] The FEMA official instructed workers canvassing Lake Placid in Florida to 'avoid homes advertising Trump'

The House of Representatives Oversight Committee has launched an investigation into the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) after an employee was terminated for instructing hurricane relief workers in Florida to avoid homes with Trump flags.
That would be Marn’i Washington, former supervisor and advisor of her very own list of best practices for helping those in need after that hurricane swept through Florida a few weeks ago, but only those she deemed deserving.
Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chairperson of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, announced Saturday he sent FEMA Director Deanne Criswell a letter requesting she testify at a hearing to answer questions about the agency’s response to hurricanes Helene and Milton.

In the letter, Comer said the hearing would "permit members to investigate recent reports that a FEMA official instructed relief workers to bypass hurricane-impacted homes displaying campaign signs for President Trump."

"In the wake of the recent major disasters that impacted Americans of all political persuasions, it is critical that FEMA adheres to its disaster relief mission," he wrote.

The Oversight Committee's investigation followed Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis's announcement Friday that he was launching an investigation into the agency.

"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 said. "At my direction, the Division of Emergency Management is launching an investigation into the federal government's targeted discrimination of Floridians who support Donald Trump.

"New leadership is on the way to D.C., and I'm optimistic that these partisan bureaucrats will be fired."

The investigations were promptly launched after FEMA confirmed to Fox News Digital that an employee had instructed aid workers to deny relief to residents who had Trump campaign signs at their homes. The Daily Wire was the first to report it.

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

A FEMA spokesperson told Fox News Friday the agency is "deeply disturbed" by the employee’s actions and that it was an "isolated incident."

"FEMA helps all survivors regardless of their political preference or affiliation," the spokesperson said.

"The employee who issued this guidance had no authority and was given no direction to tell teams to avoid these homes, and we are reaching out to the people who may have not been reached as a result of this incident," the spokesperson said.

The spokesperson added that the agency has helped more than 365,000 households affected by hurricanes Helene and Milton in Florida and provided nearly $900 million in direct assistance to survivors."

"We are horrified that this took place and therefore have taken extreme actions to correct this situation and have ensured that the matter was addressed at all levels."
Posted by Skidmark 2024-11-10 00:35|| || Front Page|| [11144 views ]  Top

#1 FEMA woman who 'told workers to avoid Florida homes with Trump signs' is fired
Posted by Skidmark 2024-11-10 00:46||   2024-11-10 00:46|| Front Page Top

#2 So this happened when? and it just came to light a couple of days ago? Seems like if it were as far out of normal procedures as the admin is claiming, some worker bee would have blown the whistle as soon as the instructions came out.

BTW__ what's in a name? "Marnie" was a grifter in the novel and movie of the same name.
Posted by Mercutio 2024-11-10 08:27||   2024-11-10 08:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Fire the FEMA director at minute one. She was gonna get replaced anyways, but a firing before the clock even strikes one on 1/20 will send a message.

Mike
Posted by MikeKozlowski 2024-11-10 08:34||   2024-11-10 08:34|| Front Page Top

#4 Get the House Oversight start talking about repealing the Civil Service Act, given that 90%+ are registered for one party and act accordingly. It is not a non-partisan bureaucracy.
Posted by Procopius2k 2024-11-10 09:26||   2024-11-10 09:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Only the President gets to fire people. They can impeach the FEMA person. That would definitely be a signature end to this shart of an administration. In reality, everyone will be too busy job searching to do much with this. The political theatre is closed until January.
Posted by Super Hose 2024-11-10 10:04||   2024-11-10 10:04|| Front Page Top

#6  report from earlier this week showed that a FEMA supervisor advised her team to “avoid” Florida homes “advertising Trump.” That supervisor, Marn’i Washington, says she is a "patsy” and that FEMA made her a “scapegoat.”

Washington told the Washington Examiner that not only did she and her teams canvas houses with Trump signage, “we’ve registered and provided resources to Trump supporters.”

The language in the leaked screenshot was “shorthand,” according to Washington. She explained the full context: Washington let her supervisors “know specific streets we could not do because of hostile political encounters,” and according to communications obtained by the Washington Examiner, she was encouraged and supported in her decision to avoid certain streets “to keep the team safe.”
Posted by Deacon Blues 2024-11-10 11:00||   2024-11-10 11:00|| Front Page Top

#7 ^ Suuure. Then name names. Turn on your higher-ups!
Posted by Frank G 2024-11-10 11:04||   2024-11-10 11:04|| Front Page Top

#8 Turn on your higher-ups!

Or cry racism and sexism and fall on your sword, hoping the Machine will find you a cushy spot to land. I suspect Marni was *not* an isolated instance at FEMA.
Posted by SteveS 2024-11-10 11:13||   2024-11-10 11:13|| Front Page Top

#9 They need to take FEMA and make the Vice President the head of it.
Posted by 49 Pan 2024-11-10 11:26||   2024-11-10 11:26|| Front Page Top

#10 ^
Or place it under Musk. It’s basically logistics which will fall under the auspices of efficiency.
Posted by Warthog 2024-11-10 17:44||   2024-11-10 17:44|| Front Page Top

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