Posted on 11/13/2024 1:22:44 AM PST by Libloather
A scandal of potentially titanic proportions is brewing at the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Last week, FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell fired Marn’i Washington, the official accused of discriminating against Donald Trump-supporting hurricane victims in Florida, casting her as a lone wolf, a bad apple in an orchard full of good ones.
Not so fast.
On Tuesday, Washington — and another ex-FEMA employee who spoke with The Post — disputed the relatively rosy picture painted by Criswell.
According to the recently disgraced Washington, “FEMA preaches avoidance” from potentially contentious situations.
And, supposedly, Trump supporters are disproportionately responsible for fomenting such situations.
Washington said her team had encountered “political hostility” from those in homes with “Trump campaign signage,” but nevertheless insisted that agency guidance is — and her own determination was — about safety, not political targeting.
Another former FEMA employee also told The Post that the processes that led to Washington’s discriminatory action are systemic — and that the bias against Trump supporters dated back years, sometimes justified as part of an effort to serve “marginalized” communities first.
You can cite any empirical or philosophical reason that you want to justify this allegedly pervasive practice, but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s not just negligent or wrong — it’s evil.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Yeah...let’s hire MORE bitter black women with chips on their shoulders...that’s the ticket.
What galls me is that she’s saying that the rationalization for their “avoidance” discrimination is based on the false premise that the people on the RIGHT are the violent ones. The violence is ALWAYS perpetrated by the left.
No; it has nothing to do with possible violence. What’s their excuse for abandoning Palestine? They left Palestine to suffer because it’s a red voting area.
So many people need to be in prison for life for causing harm and/or death of citizens.
Actually, there was a FEMA agent correcting that ‘misinformation’ on the local news yesterday...the amount is actually been INCREASED to $770...an EXTRA TWENTY DOLLARS!!!
Arrest and these civil service employees will demand their union legal benefits. Charge enough and you will break the union!
a twofer, get rid of civil service employees legally and kill the union!
Investigate every potential crime by civil service employees and charge! Courts become too busy, union becomes busy, civil service employees left do their job! Easy Peezy…..
Word.
They should be rewarded for their willingness to expose corruption, in order to encourage others.
No prosecution for them.
No different than DHS branding veterans as potential domestic terrorists.
Wow, that’s like 4 extra Big Macs!!
If your boss thinks trump is a fascist and hitler and that you are garbage, and dangerous why wouldn’t you “avoid” them. Just take a look at videos before and after the election in DC of interviews of people there. Look how DC and surrounding counties voted.
They not only disagreed with Trump supporters they hated and loathed us.
Institutional racism? Try institutional TDS
“If anyone died as a result of this minimum manslaughter charges must be filed against the FEMA worker and the person who gave the order”
Go simple. The racist pig openly violated American’s civil rights and should not only be fired and brought up on charges, but sued for millions of dollars, which won’t be picked up by the American people.
Obama did the same thing. When Joplin, MO was leveled from an F5 tornado, federal help was not forthcoming. Rush Limbaugh flew in and held an event and raised money for the clean-up and re-building efforts.
Elon & Vivek will be looking at FEMA, for sure. I would anticipate BIG changes, similar to those planned for the Department of Education.
Obviously part of the DEI Kamala mentioned when she tried to parachute herself into the disaster relief effort.
Marn’i Washington.................
For decades, FEMA has been the dumping ground of political hacks and operatives, given these jobs as rewards for campaign works or contributions, to relatives and friends of same. It is therefore not surprising that this policy, though not written, is endemic in the department and will take years to eradicate....................
Wonder what it would cost to make Appalachia ‘whole’ again, so to speak? 1 billion? 10 Billion? 100 billion? I’m talking infrastructure, as you can’t put a value on a human life. What do YOU think???
“...should not only be fired and brought up on charges, but sued for millions of dollars,...”
Uh, uh, Uhhhhhhhhh...not so fast....
Does the person in question not have complexion protection?
And also, excuse-generating external equipment?
To the point that not punishment, but a raise is more likely in order.
At least until as late as July 4, 2026.
When does she testify to Comer’s committee?
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