Three FEMA supervisors fired after probe of directive to skip homes with Trump signs

Further firings at FEMA followed one infamous supervisor’s involvement in hurricane relief workers avoiding homes that supported President Donald Trump.

Leading into the 2024 presidential election, back-to-back Hurricanes Helene and Milton slammed the southeast, bringing devastation from eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina to Florida. Making matters worse amid the poor response from the Biden administration, partisanship had leaked into the relief effort and an “exhaustive investigation” had found cause to terminate three more supervisors.

Writing to Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R) Tuesday, acting Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Cameron Hamilton had determined the supervisors had failed to “meet our standards of conduct,” in a letter reported by the New York Post.

“[I]t is essential that the entire workforce understand that this incident was reprehensible, and this type of behavior will not be tolerated at FEMA,” asserted Hamilton. “Further, in accordance with my commitment, and that of President Trump and [Homeland Security] Secretary [Kristi] Noem, to ensure that Americans receive impartial assistance from FEMA, I have directed a comprehensive additional training for FEMA staff to reinforce that political affiliation should never be a consideration in the rendering of assistance.”

In November, fired FEMA supervisor Marn’i Washington had attempted to fault the agency for allegedly handing down directives to avoid homes where signs were posted in support of Trump’s 2024 campaign, and told Fox News’ Trace Gallagher, “If you have loose dogs, and someone on the team was comfortable with dogs and another person is not, we can’t go to that home because of safety precautions.”

Fired FEMA official agrees workers avoided Trump homes as they would homes with vicious dogs https://t.co/HkocCb2kli via @BIZPACReview

— BPR based (@DumpstrFireNews) November 15, 2024

Despite her claims, and the myriad other failings of the agency that had included their booting hurricane survivors out of temporary housing amid dangerous winter conditions and wasting millions in taxpayer money on illegal aliens, Hamilton’s letter noted that he “found no evidence this was a systemic problem, nor that it was directed by agency or field leadership.”

Former FEMA Director Deanne Criswell, who’d left the agency at the beginning of the Trump administration, had referred to the directive pushed by Washington as “a clear violation of FEMA’s core values and principles to help people regardless of their political affiliation.”

She’d also testified to Congress that the supervisor’s actions had been isolated, claiming, “It has not gone beyond what this one employee did.”

Reacting to the actions taken by Hamilton and his report, Blackburn told the New York Post, “I’m pleased to see that FEMA has terminated four individuals as a result of the agency’s disgusting discrimination against Trump supporters in the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and Milton last year.”

“This unjustifiable behavior should never be allowed to fester or run rampant in any organization — let alone a federal agency that is designed to serve the needs of the American people,” she went on.

Meanwhile, a Hatch Act complaint had been filed against Washington as a result of her allegedly “using her official authority or influence to interfere with or affect the results of an election” by her actions in the fall.

Staff Writer

Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn’t researching current events and their impacts, you’ll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.

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