FEMA employee fired for urging team to not help homes with signs backing Trump

12/11/2024 5:56

        The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency - whose mission is to help people before, during and after disasters - fired an employee who advised her survivor assistance team in Florida to not go to homes with yard signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump, the agency's administrator said.
        
        "This is a clear violation of FEMA's core values & principles to help people regardless of their political affiliation," FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell said on social media platform X.
        
        "This employee has been terminated and we have referred the matter to the Office of Special Counsel," Criswell added over the weekend.
        
        Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said his state's division of emergency management will launch an investigation into the issue.
        
        The comments from the FEMA administrator and DeSantis did not mention the exact time frame or location of the incident.