A whistleblower knowledgeable the Home Oversight Committee on Tuesday that no less than some Federal Emergency Administration Company (FEMA) officers think about supporters of President-elect Donald Trump to be “home terrorists.”
Home Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) revealed that the “new whistleblower” claimed a FEMA contractor visited the house of an aged disabled veteran’s household final month and inspired them to eliminate pro-Trump signage on their property.
“He really useful that the household take away Trump marketing campaign supplies and indicators from their home and yard, stating that his FEMA supervisors view Trump supporters as home terrorists,” Comer wrote on X.
The contractor’s warning terrified the household, which was reeling from the devastation of Hurricane Helene, they usually promptly complied.
“The aged householders had been so frightened by this and afraid that they might not get well their loss that they eliminated the indicators,” Comer mentioned. “Nonetheless, FEMA has not returned to their residence.”
The chairman famous that the alleged incident “occurred not in Florida, however Georgia.”
The whistleblower got here ahead on the identical day FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell was grilled by the oversight panel on allegations that the company discriminates in opposition to Trump supporters when conducting reduction work and providing support to storm-ravaged communities.
Criswell insisted through the listening to that there isn’t any proof of widespread political discrimination inside FEMA — even when offered with proof that staff have acknowledged it as a standard apply.
The listening to follows the revelation earlier this month that now-fired FEMA supervisor Marn’i Washington instructed reduction employees canvassing Lake Placid, Fla., to evade houses with indicators backing Trump.
After her firing, Washington, 39, instructed YouTube podcaster Roland Martin that she was merely following FEMA’s coverage of avoiding “politically hostile” houses when she requested her workforce to “keep away from houses promoting Trump” in a “finest practices” memo.
An official at FEMA corroborated Washington’s assertions, telling The Submit final week that skipping homes with Trump banners and “white or conservative-dominated” catastrophe areas was frequent apply.
In response to questions on The Submit’s reporting, Criswell solely instructed lawmakers that the scenario is “nonetheless underneath investigation.”
“We’re working with the inspector basic to find out whether or not or not that is broader than this, however the proof that I’ve seen up to now exhibits that this was an remoted incident, and it has not gone past what this one worker did,” Criswell instructed the committee.
FEMA didn’t instantly reply to The Submit’s request for touch upon the newest accusation of political bias in opposition to the company.
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