Fema chief calls action ‘reprehensible’ while Florida governor calls it a ‘weaponization of government’A employee at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) has been fired from her job and is being investigated because she told a disaster relief team she was directing in Florida after Hurricane Milton to avoid homes displaying election campaign signs supporting Donald Trump, conduct that the agency head on Saturday called “reprehensible”.Deanne Criswell, the administrator of the federal agency, posted on X: “More than 22,000 Fema employees every day adhere to Fema’s core values and are dedicated to helping people before, during and after disasters, often sacrificing time with their own families to help disaster survivors.” Continue reading…
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Author : Joanna Walters
Publish date : 2024-11-09 19:51:41
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Fema worker fired for telling Milton relief team to skip homes with Trump signs
