Say goodbye to FEMA…

[George K]

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/04/us/politics/trump-helene-fema-fact-check.html

“I’ll be there shortly, but don’t like the reports that I’m getting about the Federal Government, and the Democrat Governor of the State, going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas.”
— Mr. Trump in a post on Truth Social on Monday

This lacks evidence. While some have criticized the federal response and emergency responders faced obstacles in reaching some areas, there is no evidence that the Biden administration was purposefully ignoring the needs of Republican areas. In fact, Republican governors have praised the Biden administration for its response, and FEMA has designated counties in several states — including dozens won by Mr. Trump in the 2020 presidential election — as eligible to apply for federal assistance.

The Republican governors of Virginia, South Carolina and Tennessee have all thanked the federal government and described the federal response as fast. Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia, also a Republican, said that FEMA had been embedded in the state operations center in Atlanta since before the storm hit and “we got a great relationship with them.”

FEMA has said it has deployed more than 1,000 personnel across the affected areas to deliver more than 1.9 million meals, over one million liters of water, 30 generators and more than 95,000 tarps.

Well, it was Helene he was talking about, not Milton, so that's totes different, right?

[George K]

This is CBS:

The woman in the photo is Deanne Criswell, Administrator of FEMA, NOT the fired worker. You'd think that doing a journalism wouldn't be too hard.

That photo is still uncorrected as of right now.

[Jolly]

Dan Rather smiled.

[Jolly]

[George K]

@Jolly don't be silly. They still haven't returned the Pulitzer for the Russiagate story.

[George K]

Another incident:

[89th]

I think ya'll are making this out more than it is. Idiot FEMA contractors sending texts or messages under the idea of minimizing hostile interactions and risk.

Yes, 99% unacceptable to ever say to skip houses because of political signs, but if we want to go down that slippery slope, would it be advisable to tell black FEMA workers to possibly avoid houses with Nazi signs out front?

Again, it's 99% wrong, but I can see why a dummy employee would make that mistake. This isn't official policy coming down from leadership, but I haven't really dug into the details.

[George K]

@89th said in Say goodbye to FEMA…:

This isn't official policy coming down from leadership, but I haven't really dug into the details.

Of course it's not official policy. But, I'll bet it's more than one level up from the person in the field.

That vet that Comer cited, by the way, still hasn't had a return visit. It's been more than 5 weeks.

[Jolly]

@89th said in Say goodbye to FEMA…:

I think ya'll are making this out more than it is. Idiot FEMA contractors sending texts or messages under the idea of minimizing hostile interactions and risk.

Yes, 99% unacceptable to ever say to skip houses because of political signs, but if we want to go down that slippery slope, would it be advisable to tell black FEMA workers to possibly avoid houses with Nazi signs out front?

Again, it's 99% wrong, but I can see why a dummy employee would make that mistake. This isn't official policy coming down from leadership, but I haven't really dug into the details.

One-off is a one-off. This current stuff sounds like institutional culture.

[George K]

I can't verify that this is a FEMA worker, but it wouldn't surprise me if it is.

Audio kinda sucks with the dog barking.

[LuFins Dad]

That feels more like a private charity.