Supporters of Donald Trump are calling for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to be defunded after an employee directed workers helping hurricane survivors to avoid homes with yard signs supporting the president-elect.
FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell confirmed that an employee who advised “her survivor assistance team to not go to homes with yard signs supporting President-elect Trump” had been fired.
FEMA workers have been in Florida helping residents recover from Hurricane Milton, which devastated many communities just two weeks after Hurricane Helene hit the state before traveling north.
“This is a clear violation of FEMA’s core values and principles to help people regardless of their political affiliation. This was reprehensible,” Criswell said in a statement posted on social media.
“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.”