The story appears legit although I'm not familiar with The Daily Wire.
Article states the person has been removed from their role which in gov't speak means a lateral move.
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Article states the person has been removed from their role which in gov't speak means a lateral move.
CNN is running the story.
FEMA employee removed from role after telling relief team to skip houses with Trump signs after Florida hurricane | CNN Politics
Now we'll see if WAPO and the NY TIMES do so.
FEMA employee removed from role after telling relief team to skip houses with Trump signs after Florida hurricane | CNN Politics
Now we'll see if WAPO and the NY TIMES do so.
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WaPo today:
By Ben Brasch
November 10, 2024 at 7:57 a.m. Japan Time
A Federal Emergency Management Agency employee has been fired for directing relief staff responding to Hurricane Milton to avoid houses with signs supporting former president Donald Trump, the agency said Saturday. FEMA Director Deanne Criswell called the action "reprehensible" and wrote online that the behavior wouldn't be tolerated. She added that the situation has been referred to the office of the special counsel...
"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," Criswell said. "I will continue to do everything I can to make sure this never happens again."
The 22,000-employee agency's statement did not identify the worker. The individual supervised a survivor assistance team that was canvassing homes to locate people affected by Milton and in need of federal aid. A FEMA spokesperson said the agency was returning to houses assigned to the individual to ensure no one went without aid...
NYT:
FEMA Fires Employee for Telling Milton Relief Workers to Skip Houses With Trump Signs
The agency said it was investigating the incident in the aftermath of the Category 3 hurricane that hit Florida in October.
By Rachel Nostrant and Christopher Flavelle
Nov. 9, 2024
An employee with the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been fired after reports that in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton, the employee told relief workers in Florida to pass over houses with signs supporting Donald J. Trump, the agency said Saturday.
The agency confirmed that an employee had advised her survivor assistance team not to go to homes with yard signs supporting Mr. Trump during rescue efforts after Milton hit the state last month as a Category 3 hurricane. FEMA said the employee, whose name was not revealed, has now been terminated...
By Ben Brasch
November 10, 2024 at 7:57 a.m. Japan Time
A Federal Emergency Management Agency employee has been fired for directing relief staff responding to Hurricane Milton to avoid houses with signs supporting former president Donald Trump, the agency said Saturday. FEMA Director Deanne Criswell called the action "reprehensible" and wrote online that the behavior wouldn't be tolerated. She added that the situation has been referred to the office of the special counsel...
"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," Criswell said. "I will continue to do everything I can to make sure this never happens again."
The 22,000-employee agency's statement did not identify the worker. The individual supervised a survivor assistance team that was canvassing homes to locate people affected by Milton and in need of federal aid. A FEMA spokesperson said the agency was returning to houses assigned to the individual to ensure no one went without aid...
NYT:
FEMA Fires Employee for Telling Milton Relief Workers to Skip Houses With Trump Signs
The agency said it was investigating the incident in the aftermath of the Category 3 hurricane that hit Florida in October.
By Rachel Nostrant and Christopher Flavelle
Nov. 9, 2024
An employee with the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been fired after reports that in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton, the employee told relief workers in Florida to pass over houses with signs supporting Donald J. Trump, the agency said Saturday.
The agency confirmed that an employee had advised her survivor assistance team not to go to homes with yard signs supporting Mr. Trump during rescue efforts after Milton hit the state last month as a Category 3 hurricane. FEMA said the employee, whose name was not revealed, has now been terminated...
LVSteve
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Nice to see the FEMA management stepping up and taking swift action.
it is, but after it went publicized widely. I find it hard to believe no one above her in FEMA knew this was going on at that level.
"The employee who issued this guidance had no authority and was given no direction to tell teams to avoid these homes," a FEMA spokesperson said Friday.
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LVSteve
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Nobody within an organization wants to be a tattle-tale. I suspect the word was passed on a back channel (Federal employees usually have access to an anonymous tip-line) and then the FEMA management had to start an investigation. It's all about following the procedures. Knowing, and knowing within the procedures are not one and the same, so nothing happens quickly.
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i coordinated closely with FEMA for over 25 years. While they certainly may have changed since then, something like this got delt with promptly. An occasional part time field staff (adjusters) may go off the reservation, but not someone dealing with multiple "teams". Especially after they joined Homeland Security.
The base line "adjusters" were usually part timers who had retired from FEMA or closely associated State organizations. Their supervisors were not.
The original article. First they transferred her, then they fired her
EXCLUSIVE: FEMA Official Ordered Relief Workers To Skip Houses With Trump Signs
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