FEMA fired Marn’i Washington for telling workers in Florida after Hurricane Milton to avoid houses with signs supporting Donald Trump.
Washington told Roland Martin it’s not an isolated incident. It also happened in the Carolinas after Hurricane Helene:
They all alleged that these actions were made on my own reconnaissance and that it was for my own political advances. However, if you look at the record, there is what we call a community trend. And unfortunately, it just so happened that the political hostility that was encountered by my team, and I was on two different teams during this employment. They just so happened to have the Trump campaign signage. FEMA always preaches avoidance first and then deescalation. So this is not isolated. This is a colossal event of avoidance, not just in the state of Florida, but you will find avoidance in the Carolinas. Senior leadership will lie to you and tell you that they do not know. But if you ask the DSA [Disaster Survivor Assistance], crew leads, and specialists what they are experiencing in the field, they will tell you demand for FEMA to give you those incident reports.
Scorched earth. I love it.
On Monday, Rep. Greg Staube (R-FL) told Fox News that “there are alleged text messages from Washington, DC to the supervisor advising them and directing them to do this.”
The House Oversight Committee already vowed an investigation.
I think everyone figured it wasn’t an isolated incident.
How awful.
Here is Washington’s full interview. Holy moly.
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