{"id":2368899,"date":"2024-11-14T11:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T16:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-demand-answers-for-fema-bias-against-trump-supporters-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-14T11:08:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T16:08:14","slug":"republicans-demand-answers-for-fema-bias-against-trump-supporters-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-demand-answers-for-fema-bias-against-trump-supporters-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans demand answers for FEMA &#8216;bias&#8217; against Trump supporters- Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Frepublicans-demand-answers-for-fema-bias-against-trump-supporters-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=2368899&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>A \u200dgroup of Republican congressmen, led by Rep. Vern Buchanan, \u200dhas \u200bformally requested explanations from FEMA administrator \u2063Deanne Criswell concerning reported bias\u2062 against homes displaying pro-Trump signs during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-czar-kamala-harris-heads-to-the-border-to-push-green-energy\/\" title=\"Border Czar Kamala Harris Heads to the Border\u2014To Push Green Energy\">disaster response efforts<\/a>. The congressmen expressed serious concerns\u200d after allegations surfaced\u2063 that FEMA workers were\u2063 instructed to avoid assisting households that openly supported Trump, leaving some homeowners without necessary support. \u2062Buchanan criticized this as a significant \u2062breach of FEMA\u2019s responsibility to\u200b provide impartial aid to all Americans. The claims were corroborated by a former FEMA supervisor, Marn\u2019i Washington, who\u2063 indicated that such directives were encouraged by superiors and \u2063not\u2062 isolated to Florida. The Republicans are\u200c seeking detailed\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">incident reports<\/a> \u200band measures to prevent similar discrimination in the future, as well as inquiries into whether affected\u2062 residents were contacted for\u2064 assistance.  <\/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\">Republicans demand answers for FEMA &lsquo;bias&rsquo; against Trump supporters<\/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_1878835\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE &mdash;<\/strong> A group of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Republican<\/a> congressmen led by Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) signed a letter Thursday demanding answers from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fema\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">FEMA<\/a> administrator Deanne Criswell after it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3229601\/two-explanations-emerge-fema-workers-avoiding-pro-trump-houses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reported<\/a> that emergency responders were being told to &ldquo;avoid&rdquo; homes &ldquo;advertising Trump.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The group expressed their &ldquo;grave concerns&rdquo; after at least twenty homes with pro-Trump signs were skipped over, leaving homeowners &ldquo;in critical need&rdquo; without the opportunity to qualify for assistance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3220320\/greatest-comeback-trump-white-house-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>GREATEST COMEBACK? HERE&rsquo;S HOW TRUMP STACKS UP IN WHITE HOUSE HISTORY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is deeply disturbing that FEMA has allowed such <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/members-of-congress-blast-irs-for-denying-tax-exempt-status-to-christian-nonprofit-warn-taxing-churches-could-be-next\/\" title=\"Members Of Congress Blast IRS For Denying Tax-Exempt Status To Christian Nonprofit, Warn Taxing Churches Could Be Next\">blatant political bias<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">influence disaster relief efforts<\/a> for storm victims,&rdquo; Buchanan told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;This is a clear violation of FEMA&rsquo;s duty to serve all Americans impartially, and I demand immediate action to identify all responsible parties within the agency, hold them accountable and ensure that this disgraceful behavior never happens again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The letter notes that the report of FEMA workers being directed to avoid pro-Trump houses is &ldquo;not an isolated incident.&rdquo; The former FEMA supervisor who came under fire for advising her team to do this spoke to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3225155\/fema-supervisor-who-told-team-to-avoid-homes-with-trump-signs-speaks-out\/\" title=\"\">exclusive interview<\/a> on Sunday, revealing that the policy was encouraged and directed by her own superiors and was more widespread than just in Florida, where she was deployed.<\/p>\n<p>The former supervisor, Marn&rsquo;i Washington, claims that this policy is put in place &ldquo;to keep the team safe&rdquo; as hostile encounters with Trump supporters involving FEMA workers &ldquo;having their lives threatened&rdquo; prompted her to avoid certain streets. Washington demanded that FEMA turn over the incident reports which would show where the alleged hostile encounters took place.<\/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, but the Republicans led by Buchanan took it a step further and demanded Criswell provide a litany of information, including incident reports showing FEMA workers &ldquo;not engaging with citizens due to their political affiliation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3106551\/biden-administration-rulemaking-blitzes-aim-trump-proof-federal-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>BIDEN ADMINISTRATION RULEMAKING BLITZES AIM TO TRUMP-PROOF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Republicans also want to know what guardrails are being put in place to prevent &ldquo;political discrimination like this incident&rdquo; going forward, what approval processes are in place to make sure that guidance sent out by FEMA officials is appropriately authorized before being distributed, and how long it will take for FEMA to conduct its investigation into the incident.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, they want to know whether FEMA has contacted the residents of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/housing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">homes<\/a> passed over by Washington&rsquo;s teams to make sure they have access to federal aid and whether any other FEMA personnel has been identified as directing workers to avoid homes with pro-Trump signs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> obtained communications confirming Washington was encouraged by her superior to skip certain streets.<\/p>\n<p>The letter signed by 55 Republicans including Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), and Burgess Owens (R-UT), requests assurances that the families &ldquo;skipped over&rdquo; be contacted, apologized to and provided with assistance if they need it. They gave FEMA a deadline of Dec. 14 to provide the requested information.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Republicans warned that a federal agency exhibiting &ldquo;such blatant and politically charged bias&hellip; erodes public trust and undermines FEMA&rsquo;s mission to deliver unbiased and effective aid.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Americans deserve better. In this country, we protect all our citizens, regardless of political affiliation,&rdquo; the letter says. &ldquo;We urge FEMA to take swift and decisive action to address this issue, hold those responsible fully accountable and restore public trust in its ability to serve every American in need.&rdquo;<\/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_1878835\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1878835\"}});<\/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>Republicans seek answers on FEMA&#8217;s alleged bias against Trump supporters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2670,"featured_media":2368900,"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\/fema-trump-supporters-washington.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5050,18818,3756,34969,32076],"class_list":["post-2368899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bias","tag-fema","tag-republicans","tag-trump-supporters","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fema-trump-supporters-washington.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368899","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\/2670"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2368899"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2368903,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368899\/revisions\/2368903"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2368900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2368899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2368899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2368899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}