The firing FEMA supervisor who allegedly instructed workers to avoid helping houses with Trump 2024 signs out front is speaking out to both justify her actions - and argue that she did nothing wrong because the rest of the agency does what she did too.
The supervisor in question, Marnâi Washington, took to race-baiter Ronald Martinâs show to defend herself.
First, she tried to claim that they avoided Trump supportersâ homes as a safety measure because they might be âhostile.â âFEMA preaches avoidance first, and then de-escalation. This is not isolated. This is a colossal event of avoidance,â Washington told Martin.
For comparison, there were (albeit disputed) reports of rescue helicopters during Hurricane Katrina that were fired upon - and this wasnât used as an excuse to abandon aid to New Orleans. Additionally, FEMA employees
Then came the more damning admission, that this policy was âNot just in the state of Florida. You will find avoidance in the Carolinas.â
According to the New York Post:
A FEMA official backed up Washingtonâs claims, telling The Post the agencyâs practice of skipping Trump-supporting houses â or avoiding âwhite or conservative-dominatedâ disaster zones altogether â is an open secret at the agency that has been going on for years.
The FEMA official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Washington likely received âvery clear guidanceâ from her supervisors.
âI have heard from other entities who are serving in North Carolina that there was clear guidance saying to be âmindfulâ of the types of people who are in Western North Carolina â theyâre largely Republican, very conservative â very derogatory sorts of references in their culture,â the employee told The Post.
So pronounced was FEMAâs lack of response that amid nearly every county in the entire country moving to the right in the 2024 presidential election, you can see the impact of Hurricane Helene on the map (see the blue in the bottom right):
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