FEMA Plays Favorites

The FEMA story that erupted over the weekend is probably much more than a one-day story about one malcontent at the federal agency. Let me remind you of what happened.

A whistleblower shared an online message written by a FEMA supervisor giving workers in one Florida county instructions as they went door-to-door offering those impacted by Hurricane Milton a chance to apply for federal aid.

One direction from the supervisor instructed workers to skip houses that had a Trump sign or flag on display. This supervisor has reportedly been fired. However, she claims her actions were supported by superiors and that FEMA is turning her into a “scapegoat.”

Multiple members of Congress from Florida and North Carolina have publicly said there is no way this scandal is only one individual. They are demanding a full investigation. How many staff followed her directions?

When Hurricane Helene hit, we all saw with our own eyes how slow FEMA’s response was in the hardest hit and heavily Republican areas. People all over the region said they never saw anything with “FEMA” on it for days.

Donald Trump and J.D. Vance visited these areas before Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. They said the delayed response was outrageous and that it was clear Washington bureaucrats didn’t care about residents of rural North Carolina.

After all, we know what they say about us all the time. They call us “deplorable,” “irredeemable,” “Nazis,” and “garbage.”

What did the media do? They attacked anyone who criticized the pathetic relief effort. FEMA also interrupted volunteers who were helping.

That was all called “misinformation,” and they claimed it was putting FEMA employees in danger. It was called an effort by Trump to divide the country. Some volunteers were called “white supremacists” who were attempting to recruit new supporters.

That’s what dominated the news. Not the lack of action, but the fact that FEMA’s failures were being pointed out.

This failure is a massive scandal! It’s another example of how the left tried to shame people into silence and shut down any debate.

That’s why the left’s attacks on free speech are so dangerous. It enables this kind of totalitarian action where some people get help from the government but if you vote the wrong way, you don’t get help.

Free speech and legal protection for whistleblowers is the only way we get to the bottom of scandals like this.

These storms, in all their horror, also knocked down the left’s facade and exposed what we have been fighting. Biden, Harris, and the left use every lever of power to smash us whenever and however they can, even when they’re not in power.