A Federal Emergency Management Agency worker has been fired after she directed workers helping hurricane survivors not to go to homes with yard signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump, the agency’s leader said in a statement Saturday.

“This is a clear violation of FEMA’s core values and principles to help people regardless of their political affiliation,” FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said. “This was reprehensible.”

The agency did not identify the employee, nor did it say where it happened.

But Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, calling it “targeted discrimination” of Florida residents who support Trump, said it happened in Florida.

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    How much do you want to bet it was just a guy saying “Hey be careful with trumpers because they like to shoot at us.” political discrimination my ass. Wolves whining because a sheep won’t jump into their teeth.

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    These professional perpetual victims get a whiff of any actual perceived slight against them and they just cum in their little pants don’t they?

    In reality, if anything, someone probably said “We know the trump supporters have been threatening FEMA workers, if you don’t feel safe about the houses with trump signs, you don’t need to put yourself in what you feel is a dangerous position. You can skip those homes and we’ll help those people when/if they file with the office”

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    If there were death threats against people working for me, I’d tell them to avoid those people, too. It’s not discrimination. It’s a safety issue. A lot of them were threatening to shoot FEMA workers if they violated their property.

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      To stoop to their level id need a shovel.

      The general discussion was to avoid them after Trump supporters went around threatening FEMA.

      First rule of first response- look after yourself.

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    no, you must prioritize rescuing people defunding the rescuers. this is important.

    desantis can fuck right off though. wasn’t he one of the ones pushing for defunding fema?