FEMA FAIL: The Claim, The Lie, & The Consequences
Remember how this story was dismissed as a 'conspiracy theory'... until it was true?
Claims that FEMA specifically skipped homes with Trump signs were blown off as ‘hoaxes’… until they were proven true. Now the fallout of that story is spreading FAR beyond the official responsible.
It all began with claims that Republicans were being denied FEMA assistance after a hurricane. Predicatably, the left waved it away as a non-story.
Since Hurricane Helene decimated parts of western North Carolina last week, former President Donald Trump has seized on the tragedy to perpetuate lies about the federal response, sowing chaos and confusion as officials scramble to help those affected.
In recent days, Trump has repeatedly and falsely suggested that the federal government is purposely neglecting areas with Republican voters, that it is funneling emergency aid to migrants instead of disaster response, and that it’s giving hurricane victims just $750 in support. –Vox
NYTimes, naturally, pushed the same false narrative.
The usual schtick: lies, hoaxes, misinformation, disinformation. Yadda, yadda, yadda.
The only problem is… it was absolutely true. The Daily Wire even got an exclusive that involved internal communications proving the claim was absolutely true.
EXCLUSIVE: Internal messages obtained by The Daily Wire show a FEMA official ordered relief workers in Florida not to help houses with Trump signs pic.twitter.com/o73ejUuYUG
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) November 8, 2024
FEMA has actually fired someone over it:
UPDATE: FEMA confirms this incident, saying it is “deeply disturbed by this employee’s actions,” “horrified that this took place,” and that it has taken “extreme actions to correct this situation.” https://t.co/Y5opCSu59F
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) November 8, 2024
The someone:
Fired: The FEMA supervisor, accused of ordering her subordinates to bypass homes with Trump campaign signs in Florida, has been fired! Marn’i Washington was sacked for telling disaster relief workers knocking on doors in Lake Placid, Fl, to “avoid homes advertising Trump!” pic.twitter.com/YNqtz2nifK
— John Cremeans USA (@JohnCremeansUSA) November 9, 2024
Florida is taking this VERY seriously:
NEW: @GovRonDeSantis calls on Joe Biden, FEMA, and DHS to preserve all records/comms related to the partisan denial of disaster benefits. The letter includes a copy of our @realDailyWire story exposing how FEMA skipped homes with pro-Trump signs after Hurricane Milton. pic.twitter.com/9lPYPqaIAf
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) November 9, 2024
Not only did they expose another egregious example of willful blindness on the part of leftwing media outlets denying the story to begin with, they exposed failures of journalistic integrity of an entirely different kind.
Daily Wire breaks news story about FEMA worker issuing orders to skip homes in hurricane aftermath with Trump flags.
NBC News reporter doesn’t acknowledge reporting source, then spreads disinformation in her own story, and this is the reply to the originals reporters.… https://t.co/HfLCeEfUxl
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) November 11, 2024
Here’s an example of the hack journo being called out…
And here’s her account now:
Oh, wait… it ‘no longer exists’. She’s locked it down.
How ‘courageous’ of her. She can talk smack until she gets caught being a clown and embarrassing herself and her employer.