A worker at the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been fired after directing employees to help storm survivors “Do not approach homes with yard signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump,” the agency leader said in a statement Saturday.
FEMA Administrator Dean Criswell said, “This is a clear violation of FEMA's core values and principles of helping people regardless of their political affiliation.” said in a statement To social media. “It was despicable.”
The agency did not identify the employee, nor say where it happened.
But Florida Governor Ron DeSantis called it “targeted discrimination” against Florida residents who support Trump, saying it happened in Florida.
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DeSantis said he has directed the Florida Division of Emergency Management to launch an investigation.
“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 said on social media.
“There is new leadership coming to D.C. and I'm optimistic that these partisan bureaucrats will be removed,” he said.
There were no details in FEMA's statement or DeSantis' comments about the time frame or community where the incident occurred. FEMA workers are helping residents recover in the state from hurricane miltonWhich devastated many Florida communities last month.
Criswell said he is committed to holding employees accountable.
“I will continue to do everything I can to make sure this never happens again,” she said.