{"id":2366683,"date":"2024-11-10T03:24:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T08:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fema-supervisor-who-said-to-avoid-pro-trump-homes-speaks-out-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-10T03:24:32","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T08:24:32","slug":"fema-supervisor-who-said-to-avoid-pro-trump-homes-speaks-out-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fema-supervisor-who-said-to-avoid-pro-trump-homes-speaks-out-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"FEMA supervisor who said to &#8216;avoid&#8217; pro-Trump homes speaks out- 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\">24<\/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%2Ffema-supervisor-who-said-to-avoid-pro-trump-homes-speaks-out-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=2366683&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>An exclusive report has emerged regarding a FEMA supervisor, \u200bMarn&#8217;i Washington, who allegedly\u200b advised \u2064her team to avoid homes in Florida displaying Trump signs. Following the report, Washington claimed she has become a scapegoat for the agency, arguing that the directive was taken out of context. She stated that her team \u2062did\u2064 assist Trump supporters in the area and that any caution advised was for the team&#8217;s safety due to hostile encounters, some of which have\u2062 been reported in the\u200d media. Washington insists that the leaked internal communication was about safety measures rather than political bias, emphasizing that the incidents of hostility often correlated with homes featuring Trump\u2062 campaign signage. After the story was\u2062 published, she <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">reported receiving death threats<\/a> and expressed concern over the lack of safety and protective resources for FEMA workers in the field, highlighting the \u200bneed for better support for employees assisting in disaster relief.  <\/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\">FEMA supervisor who told team to &lsquo;avoid&rsquo; homes with Trump signs says she&rsquo;s a &lsquo;patsy&rsquo;<\/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_1877296\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE &mdash;<\/strong> A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3224829\/scalise-promises-house-investigation-after-fema-official-blocked-aid-to-florida-trump-homes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">report<\/a> from earlier this week showed that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/FEMA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">FEMA<\/a> supervisor advised her team to &ldquo;avoid&rdquo; Florida homes &ldquo;advertising <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump<\/a>.&rdquo; That supervisor, Marn&rsquo;i Washington, says she is a &ldquo;patsy&rdquo; and that FEMA made her a &ldquo;scapegoat.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Washington told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that not only did she and her teams canvas houses with Trump signage, &ldquo;we&rsquo;ve registered and provided resources to Trump supporters.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The language in the leaked screenshot was &ldquo;shorthand,&rdquo; according to Washington. She explained the full context: Washington let her supervisors &ldquo;know specific streets we could not do because of hostile political encounters,&rdquo; and according to communications obtained by the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, she was encouraged and supported in her decision to avoid certain streets &ldquo;to keep the team safe.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Washington noted that the next bullet point on the leaked message spoke about de-escalation, which she said was necessary because &ldquo;FEMA workers were having their lives threatened.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10tv.com\/2024\/10\/14\/fema-contractors-ordered-stand-down-after-security-threats-messages-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Several<\/a> of these hostile <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/misinformation\/armed-north-carolina-man-arrested-suspicion-making-threats-fema-worker-rcna175287#:~:text=William%20Jacob%20Parsons%2C%2044%2C%20was,said%20in%20a%20news%20release.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">encounters<\/a> were <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/4936262-fema-threatened-armed-group-tennessee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">documented<\/a> in the media, but Washington is demanding FEMA &ldquo;turn over incident reports&rdquo; showing additional hostilities that resulted in her having to avoid certain streets.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Department of Homeland Security to obtain these reports.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The running trend of those encounters just so happened to [be at houses that] have Trump campaign signage,&rdquo; Washington said. &ldquo;The notation that was leaked had nothing to do with their political stance. It was with the objective of safety.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>After the bombshell report came out on Thursday, Washington said she &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-clinesmith-altered-an-email-in-the-trump-russia-probe-to-keep-it-going-he-just-received-probation\/\" title=\"Kevin Clinesmith Altered An Email In The Trump-Russia Probe To Keep It Going. He Just Received Probation.\">received death threats<\/a>.&rdquo; She said &ldquo;I agree with the whistleblowers. They are telling you the truth,&rdquo; but that the real issue is that FEMA employees are not given the resources and protection they need to be able to provide help to every household.<\/p>\n<p>She said they do not have a police patrol or FEMA security team that follows the crews in Florida. &ldquo;What we have is ourselves to survive,&rdquo; Washington said. &ldquo;And they will tell you, &lsquo;Oh, if you do get in too much of a pickle, call 911.&rsquo;&rdquo; That&rsquo;s why &ldquo;the first thing [mentioned in the leaked message] is avoidance, and then the next thing is de-escalation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Washington noted that a number of property owners marked their houses with purple paint to signify that entering those properties is prohibited, often with additional signs suggesting that trespassers will be shot.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is the second time Trump&rsquo;s been going into office, and FEMA has been up to some shenanigans that don&rsquo;t necessarily agree with the American political views,&rdquo; she said, in reference to Hurricane Maria. &ldquo;Everybody deserves a chance at disaster relief, and they have not figured out a way [to accomplish that] without subjecting their teammates to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grassroots-group-leads-attack-on-biden-vaccine-mandate-for-federal-workers\/\" title=\"Grassroots Group Leads Attack on Biden Vaccine Mandate for Federal Workers\">hostile work environments<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As a result, she says, orders from the top say to &ldquo;try to avoid [hostile places] at all costs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Washington said that FEMA told her not to speak with the media, and that the government agency would &ldquo;take care of it.&rdquo; Instead, she said they &ldquo;ghosted her&rdquo; and &ldquo;used my silence and allegiance to subject me to more scrutiny and to use me as a scapegoat for what&rsquo;s going on.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to FEMA for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><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_1877296\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1877296\"}});<\/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>FEMA supervisor claims she&#8217;s a &#8216;patsy&#8217; 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