Marn’i Washington, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) employee fired for telling FEMA workers to skip the homes of hurricane victims with Trump campaign signage in Florida, says the agency is scapegoating her. Leadership, she says, was aware that homes deemed “politically hostile” were being skipped, and that such “avoidance” was “colossal” and took place in multiple states.
“FEMA preaches avoidance first, and then de-escalation. This is not isolated. This is a colossal event of avoidance, not just in the State of Florida. You will find avoidance in the Carolinas,” Washington told YouTube host Roland Martin.
She confirmed that because a few householders with Trump signs were critical of FEMA, all such homes on particular streets were determined to meet “the community trend of political hostility” in Florida and skipped over. However, she says this was necessary—and encouraged by FEMA leaders—so workers would not be subjected to a “hostile work environment,” with hurricane victims making “crazy” remarks to them such as “drain the swamp.”
She expressed irritation that third parties working with FEMA had leaked that Trump homes were being skipped, suggesting the federal government should crack down on them for their “egregious” whistleblowing.
It is confirmed that FEMA suspended relief efforts in parts of North Carolina because workers supposedly felt intimidated by locals. Elon Musk and others accused the agency of frustrating private relief efforts, seizing supplies, and otherwise hindering attempts to help people in need.
FEMA official who was fired for avoiding homes with Trump signs says they did it in the Carolinas too.
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