FEMA workers told to ‘stay away from homes’ bearing Trump signs in hurricane-ravaged Florida community

A Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Supervisors told disaster relief workers in Florida to “stay away from homes” with signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump, the agency confirmed Friday.

The FEMA official – Marnie Washington – communicated her order verbally and in a Microsoft Teams chat, which was used by relief workers canvassing Lake Placid homes. Hurricane Milton destroyed last month, According to Dailywire,

“Avoid homes advertising Trump,” Washington wrote in a “best practices” memo to staff.

This was the second bullet point in the order list instructing workers to “not go anywhere alone”, practice “de-escalation”, stay hydrated and “follow the rules”.

FEMA employees told the outlet that the order caused Trump signs or flags to be displayed in at least 20 homes between late October and November — a common sight during the election season — to be removed.

When homes were abandoned because of the banners, messages left by workers in FEMA’s tracking system read, “Trump has signaled a denial of entry per leadership.”

By ignoring homes, residents were denied the opportunity to sign up for federal FEMA disaster relief assistance In the wake of the Category 3 storm making landfall,

A FEMA spokesperson confirmed that orders were given to bypass the homes of Trump supporters, and said that the agency was “deeply troubled by the actions of this employee.”

“FEMA supports all survivors regardless of their political preferences or affiliations, and we are deeply troubled by this employee’s actions,” an agency spokesperson told The Post Friday night.

“While we believe this is an isolated incident, we have taken steps to remove the employee from his role and are investigating the matter to prevent it from happening again,” he said.

“The staff member who issued this guidance had no authority and was given no direction to ask teams to stay away from these homes, and we are reaching out to those who reached out to them as a result of this incident.” Could not be reached.

“We are horrified that this happened and so we have taken extreme action to remedy this situation and ensure the matter is addressed at all levels,” the representative said.

Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis expressed anger over Friday’s incident, arguing that it symbolizes the “weaponization” of government by the Harris-Biden administration.

“The blatant weaponization of the government by partisan operatives in the federal bureaucracy is another reason the Biden-Harris administration is in its final days,” DeSantis written on x,

“At my direction, the Division of Emergency Management is launching an investigation into the federal government’s targeted discrimination against Floridians who support Donald Trump,” he said.

“There is new leadership coming to DC, and I am optimistic that these partisan bureaucrats will be fired.”

The FEMA supervisor’s guidance was issued by the Harris-Biden administration after criticism of the federal government from Trump, Vice President-elect J.D. Vance and residents of areas affected by Hurricane Helene. extremely slow response For disaster.

FEMA employees told DailyWire that Washington has not been punished for the guidance — and has simply been transferred to a different Florida county.

The Post has contacted Trump’s campaign for comment.