Following the catastrophe of Hurricane Milton, there have been a number of reviews all through the affected areas within the south that FEMA employees had been politicizing the response by skipping over homes that displayed Trump signs.
It’s maddening to assume that such a factor might occur in the USA.
Following these reviews, there have been denials from some FEMA individuals whereas some pointed fingers at others claiming they had been instructed this was official coverage. In brief, it mess and some people were fired.
Now the journalist Matt Taibbi has uncovered extra proof that this was occurring.
Unique: FEMA Staff Improperly Collected Knowledge About Politics of Catastrophe Victims
Final November eighth, on the Saturday after Election Day, one of many more unusual post-scripts to Donald Trump’s re-election emerged within the type of a Federal Emergency Administration Company (FEMA) determination to sideline one official accused of telling FEMA employees to “keep away from houses promoting Trump” whereas canvassing for victims of Hurricane Milton in Florida. The Each day Wire spoke to a number of FEMA officers who produced screenshots of entries like “Trump signal, no contact per management”…
A 12 months later, the Privateness Workplace of the Division of Homeland Safety is releasing a evaluation of that episode, the broader concern of utilizing catastrophe reduction work to gather political intelligence on voters, and the doubtless withholding of advantages from some with the incorrect beliefs. Maybe unsurprisingly, the brand new administration discovered greater than only one “remoted incident,” describing violations of the Privateness Act of 1974, which with just a few exceptions bars assortment of details about First Modification-protected speech, like political signage. Most tellingly, although, DHS investigators discovered — in a near-exact parallel to tendencies in pro-censorship packages — that quite a lot of the political controversy surrounding FEMA help grew out of the imprecise approach through which the company’s Catastrophe Survivor Help Subject Operations Information was written…
Some examples cited: October, 2021: “Home-owner had signal acknowledged… that is Trump nation.” September, 2021: “A whole lot of political flags, posters, and many others. ‘Fuck Joe Biden,’ ‘MAGA 2024,’ ‘Joe Biden Sucks’ ‘Trump 2024’ We don’t suggest anybody visiting this location.” November 2024: ‘There was a political flyer so I didn’t go away a FEMA brochure.” Neither Criswell nor Washington responded to requests for remark.
It’s simply gorgeous that this even occurred in any respect.
Democrats and folks within the media like to assert that the nation is ‘so divided’ proper now. This was proof that the division is being pushed by the left’s hatred of Trump and his supporters.
