AP: FEMA administrator says she supports investigation of alleged Trump bias in relief efforts

[Dennis Donovan]

AP - FEMA administrator says she supports investigation of alleged Trump bias in relief efforts

By KEVIN FREKING
Updated 12:44 PM EST, November 19, 2024



WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency told lawmakers Tuesday she has encouraged the agency’s inspector general to review whether an employee was acting alone when directing workers helping hurricane victims not to go to homes with yards signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump

FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said a critical function of the agency is to go door-to-door and meet with survivors to make them aware of federal resources available. The employee, she said, wrote to about 11 staffers under her supervision that they should “avoid homes advertising Trump.”

Criswell said her senior leadership team provided her with evidence and recommended that the employee be terminated. She concurred.

“I do not believe that this employee’s actions are indicative of any widespread cultural problems at FEMA,” Criswell said. Still, she said she would support an independent investigation into the matter.

“The IG has not yet stated they want to investigate this, but I highly encourage them to take on this case and look and see if this was a widespread issue or if this was just a single incident,” Criswell said.

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This was made-up disinfo after the hurricanes.

[Irish_Dem]

1. Everything possible was weaponized to install Trump into the WH.

Putin/Trump/GOP are at war with the US and they used every trick in the book.

[oldmanlynn]

2. When you have trump supporters threatening FEMA workers

And militias roaming trying to find fema workers, I completely understand avoiding these miltants. Fema workers could sue fema if they were forced to go to a militants door who could be part of the threat.

[republianmushroom]

3. Little late for that.