The leader of the Federal Emergency Management Agency says a worker has been fired after she directed workers helping hurricane survivors to avoid homes with yard signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump.

A Federal Emergency Management Agency worker has been fired after she directed workers helping hurricane survivors not to go to homes with yard signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump, the agency’s leader said in a statement Saturday.

“This is a clear violation of FEMA’s core values and principles to help people regardless of their political affiliation,” FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said. “This was reprehensible.”

The agency did not identify the employee, nor did it say where it happened.

But Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, calling it “targeted discrimination” of Florida residents who support Trump, said it happened in Florida.

  • Laurel Raven@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    2 months ago

    No, we don’t actually need to get them to vote for us. Trump got about as many votes this time as he did in 2020. The problem is the people sitting it out.

    While I’d like to see his followers see reason, the fact is they voted for him after everything he did as President and 8 years of constantly telling them who and what he is so the only conclusion that makes sense is they voted for him because that’s exactly what they want. There’s not much we can do to convince them to switch sides without turning ourselves into him.