{"id":2366340,"date":"2024-11-08T21:28:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T02:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scalise-promises-house-investigation-after-fema-official-blocked-aid-to-florida-trump-homes-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-08T22:01:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T03:01:10","slug":"scalise-promises-house-investigation-after-fema-official-blocked-aid-to-florida-trump-homes-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scalise-promises-house-investigation-after-fema-official-blocked-aid-to-florida-trump-homes-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Scalise promises House investigation after FEMA official blocked aid to Florida Trump homes &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fscalise-promises-house-investigation-after-fema-official-blocked-aid-to-florida-trump-homes-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2366340&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) announced an\u200d investigation following reports that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) blocked disaster aid for supporters of President Donald Trump. This decision\u200b aligns\u200d with a report by the Daily Wire, \u200bwhich alleged that a FEMA official instructed employees \u2062to avoid \u2063providing assistance to homes displaying Trump signs \u200dafter Hurricane \u200cMilton \u200dstruck Florida. Scalise condemned this action as an egregious misuse\u2063 of power by a bureaucrat funded by taxpayers. \u2063In response to \u2062the allegations, FEMA expressed that \u200cit was disturbed by the employee&#8217;s behavior, asserting their commitment\u2064 to serving \u2062all survivors\u200d regardless of political \u2062affiliation. Moreover, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) initiated his own investigation \u2064into the situation, criticizing the federal government\u200c for its alleged partisan actions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Scalise promises House investigation after FEMA official blocked aid to Florida Trump homes<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1835721\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>House Majority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/steve-scalise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Steve Scalise<\/a> (R-LA) said he will open an investigation into a report that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fema\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Federal Emergency Management Agency<\/a> blocked disaster relief from supporters of President-elect Donald Trump.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Scalise&rsquo;s announcement Thursday evening came after the<em> <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/exclusive-fema-official-ordered-relief-workers-to-skip-houses-with-trump-signs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><em>Daily Wire<\/em><\/a>  reported that a FEMA official ordered employees to &ldquo;avoid&rdquo; Florida homes &ldquo;advertising Trump&rdquo; after Hurricane Milton hit the state.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Denying disaster aid to Americans based on their support of President Donald Trump is as disgusting as it gets for an unelected bureaucrat being paid by American taxpayers,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-trump-pac-kickstarts-100-million-fundraiser-for-ai-campaign-targeting-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Pro-Trump PAC kickstarts 0 million fundraiser for AI campaign targeting - Washington Examiner\">lower chamber&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s top Republican declared in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SteveScalise\/status\/1855042914520646069\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">statement <\/a>to X.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The House will be investigating this outrageous abuse of power,&rdquo; Scalise continued.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Denying disaster aid to Americans based on their support of President Donald Trump is as disgusting as it gets for an unelected bureaucrat being paid by American taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p>The House will be investigating this outrageous abuse of power. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Cta3PcayNs\">https:\/\/t.co\/Cta3PcayNs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveScalise\/status\/1855042914520646069?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">federal agency<\/a> has confirmed whistleblowers&rsquo; reports that FEMA supervisor Marn&rsquo;i Washington told employees it was &ldquo;best practice&rdquo; to skip Trump-supporting homes as they canvassed Florida neighborhoods to determine who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/criminal-complaint-alleges-waukesha-driver-had-no-emotion-appeared-to-rapidly-accelerate-into-crowd\/\" title=\"Criminal Complaint Alleges Waukesha Driver \u2018Had No Emotion,\u2019 \u2018Appeared To Rapidly Accelerate\u2019 Into Crowd\">needed assistance<\/a> following the recent Hurricane Milton. FEMA workers skipped at least 20 known homes with Trump signs or flags under Washington&rsquo;s direction.<\/p>\n<p>FEMA said it was &ldquo;deeply disturbed by this employee&rsquo;s actions&rdquo; and claimed that the agency works to &ldquo;hel[p] all survivors regardless of their political preference or affiliation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>After the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> pressed FEMA on whether the agency had fired the official who denied aid to Trump supporters, it replied, &ldquo;We have taken measures to remove the employee from their role and are investigating the matter to prevent this from happening ever again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Debris remains on the streets following Hurricanes Helene and Milton as Floridians vote in the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Treasure Island, Florida. (AP Photo\/Mike Carlson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>FEMA continued to assert that the employee &ldquo;had no authority&rdquo; to give the guidance &ldquo;and was given no direction to tell teams to avoid these homes.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The backlash from top Florida officials following the revelations was immediate, with Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) calling for his own investigation from the Sunshine State&rsquo;s Division of Emergency Management.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The blatant weaponization of government by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-governor-doug-ducey-signs-election-integrity-bill-reforming-absentee-voting\/\" title=\"Arizona Governor Doug Ducey Signs Election Integrity Bill Reforming Absentee Voting\">partisan activists<\/a> in the federal bureaucracy is yet another reason why the Biden-Harris administration is in its final days,&rdquo; DeSantis said in a<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GovRonDeSantis\/status\/1855030970140770445\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> post<\/a> to X.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The blatant weaponization of government by partisan activists in the federal bureaucracy is yet another reason why the Biden-Harris administration is in its final days.<\/p>\n<p>At my direction, the Division of Emergency Management is launching an investigation into the federal&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3uFpE62vxb\">https:\/\/t.co\/3uFpE62vxb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis\/status\/1855030970140770445?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Reps. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) and Matt Gaetz (R-FL) echoed the governor&rsquo;s rhetoric as they slammed FEMA for &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepMattGaetz\/status\/1855022458300252380\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">unconscionable discrimination.<\/a>&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;While people were dying and in need of help, a FEMA employee decided people who support President Trump are not worthy of it,&rdquo; Luna worried in a<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepLuna\/status\/1855057686758342840\"> post<\/a> to X.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has criticized FEMA over the agency&rsquo;s response to help victims after Hurricanes Helene and Milton devastated the Southeast. His concerns have particularly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3198181\/trump-appeals-north-carolina-voters-after-helene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">resonated<\/a> with hard-hit communities in western North Carolina, where many counties overwhelmingly voted for him on Tuesday, despite FEMA&rsquo;s protestations that accusations of a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">sluggish disaster relief response<\/a> are false.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1835721\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1835721\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scalise vows House probe after FEMA denied aid to Trump supporters in Florida<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2366342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FL-Milton.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[18818,5113,38729,5025,44658],"class_list":["post-2366340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-fema","tag-florida","tag-house-investigation","tag-scalise","tag-trump-homes"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FL-Milton.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2366340"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2366344,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366340\/revisions\/2366344"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2366342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2366340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2366340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2366340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}