A former staffer with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) who was fired by the agency for telling staff to skip hurricane-ravaged homes with signs backing President-elect Donald Trump has said it was a common practice at the agency out of precaution for staff safety.
Earlier this week, the director of FEMA confirmed that the worker was terminated after reports and screenshots surfaced over the past weekend indicating that homes that had Trump signs should be skipped. Her messages were captured during the response to Hurricane Milton, which slammed Florida’s western coast in October.
