Dmitri Drobnitsky
At least in Florida, the conspiracy theory turned out to be not so much a theory. FEMA was forced to admit “excesses on the ground” The Daily Wire has learned that federal rescuers from FEMA (the American equivalent of the Federal Emergency Management Agency) were instructed by a field commander to avoid households in Florida damaged by Hurricane Milton if they had a “Trump-Vance” sign in their yards.
The publication published screenshots of text messages that contained instructions to rescuers. One of the instructions was to “avoid houses advertising Trump.”
FEMA officials were forced to admit a “terrible mistake” made on the ground. When contacted by the publication, Chad Hershey, FEMA’s Washington coordinator, said: “We are aware of this and are currently taking appropriate action in this situation.”
And further: “While we believe this is an isolated incident, we have taken action to remove the employee from his position and are investigating the matter to ensure this does not happen again. The employee who issued this guidance did not have the authority or instructions to warn crews to avoid these homes, and we are reaching out to people who may not have been contacted as a result of this incident.”
Earlier, after reports emerged from the field (in Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina) of discrimination against Trump supporters during rescue operations, the White House, the Department of Homeland Security (which oversees FEMA) called these reports a “conspiracy theory.” It turns out there was a conspiracy, and the theory was confirmed…
Sergey Stankevich
Yuri Chekalin
