{"id":2370044,"date":"2024-11-17T16:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T21:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-comer-argues-fema-has-been-weaponized-by-biden-harris-administration-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-17T16:26:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T21:26:45","slug":"james-comer-argues-fema-has-been-weaponized-by-biden-harris-administration-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-comer-argues-fema-has-been-weaponized-by-biden-harris-administration-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"James Comer argues FEMA has been \u2018weaponized\u2019 by Biden-Harris administration &#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\">26<\/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%2Fjames-comer-argues-fema-has-been-weaponized-by-biden-harris-administration-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=2370044&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 Oversight\u200c Committee \u200cChairman James Comer (R-KY) accused the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of being &#8220;weaponized&#8221; to discriminate against conservatives. He claimed \u200cthat FEMA deliberately overlooked certain houses in Florida that supported Donald Trump&#8217;s \u200c2024 presidential campaign, asserting that\u2062 this behavior reflects a broader pattern since the Biden-Harris administration \u200btook office. Comer stated that FEMA has\u200d not acted as the nonpartisan agency it is supposed \u2063to be, and\u200b he raised\u2064 concerns about potential discrimination \u2064and misallocation of resources. The House Oversight Committee has \u200brequested a detailed briefing from\u200c FEMA on these allegations and is set to hold a\u200c hearing to\u2063 further investigate the \u200bagency&#8217;s actions, including whether funds have been misdirected to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-tells-ngos-working-on-the-border-to-preserve-their-documents\/\" title=\"House Republicans Tells NGOs Working on the Border to Preserve Their Documents\">assist illegal immigrants<\/a> instead of those in need.  <\/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\">James Comer argues FEMA has been &lsquo;weaponized&rsquo; by Biden-Harris administration<\/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_1883170\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>House Oversight Committee Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/james-comer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">James Comer<\/a> (R-KY) contended the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fema\">Federal Emergency Management Agency<\/a> had been &ldquo;weaponized&rdquo; to discriminate against conservatives, adding that the most recent claims against the agency are part of &ldquo;a pattern&rdquo; for it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>FEMA has been accused of skipping over Florida houses promoting President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s 2024 presidential bid, which has since resulted in the House Oversight Committee demanding for FEMA to provide a detailed briefing on this claim. Comer stated on Sunday that it does &ldquo;appear&rdquo; that FEMA informed its employees not to assist houses in support of Trump, adding that it does not look like this was &ldquo;an isolated incident.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3222249\/how-kamala-harris-plowed-through-1-billion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>HOW KAMALA HARRIS PLOWED THROUGH $1 BILLION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We believe this is a pattern, and this is a pattern dating back for the three previous years, all throughout the Biden-Harris administration,&rdquo; Comer said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo<\/em>. &ldquo;FEMA&rsquo;s supposed to be a nonpartisan, good government agency that comes in to help Americans in their desperate time of need, but what we have here with FEMA is what we&rsquo;ve seen with many other government agencies under Biden-Harris: a weaponized agency that discriminates against conservatives.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2698156&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=c6096cac5c22dfe631d8f6f42b79d270\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The House Oversight committee, which has legislative and oversight jurisdiction over FEMA, will hold a <a href=\"https:\/\/transportation.house.gov\/calendar\/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=407865\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">hearing<\/a> Tuesday, Nov. 19 to ask FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3229767\/committee-demands-briefing-before-fema-answers-for-failure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">about the agency&rsquo;s failure to provide assistance to everyone in need<\/a>. Comer previewed that the committee will ask whether or not FEMA diverted funds to assist and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/with-trump-gone-the-media-no-longer-cares-about-kids-in-cages\/\" title=\"With Trump Gone, The Media No Longer Cares About \u2018Kids In Cages\u2019\">house illegal immigrants<\/a>, as the committee wants to find out where this money was coming from.<\/p>\n<p>Marn&rsquo;i Washington, the FEMA supervisor mentioned in the report who directed her team to &ldquo;avoid&rdquo; Florida homes &ldquo;advertising Trump,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3225155\/fema-supervisor-who-told-team-to-avoid-homes-with-trump-signs-speaks-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em><\/a>  that she let her supervisors &ldquo;know specific streets we could not do because of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fema-supervisor-who-said-to-avoid-pro-trump-homes-speaks-out-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"FEMA supervisor who said to &#039;avoid&#039; pro-Trump homes speaks out- Washington Examiner\">hostile political encounters<\/a>.&rdquo; She was encouraged and supported in her decision to avoid certain streets &ldquo;to keep the team safe,&rdquo; according to communications obtained by the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the wake of this damning report, Comer contended accountability within FEMA and everyone in the Biden administration is to be a priority, suggesting the need to &ldquo;fire all these people.&rdquo; He added that this is what the majority of voters wanted in electing Trump earlier this month, and stressed the need for Congress to  work with the Trump administration &ldquo;to get rid of the deep state.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>At least 20 Florida homes displaying pro-Trump signs were skipped during hurricane disaster relief canvassing following Hurricane Milton. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Florida<\/a> Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3230594\/fema-officials-sued-by-florida-attorney-general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ashley Moody has since filed a lawsuit against Washington and Criswell<\/a>, which seeks punitive damages against both defendants for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">alleged civil rights violations<\/a> against hurricane victims who were unable to receive the assistance for which they may have qualified.<\/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_1883170\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1883170\"}});<\/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>James Comer claims FEMA is &#8216;weaponized&#8217; 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