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FEMA employee fired after telling relief team to skip houses with Trump signs following Florida hurricane

Headline from ABC 12 Flint

FEMA officials called the actions of the employee “reprehensible” and said they have been terminated from their role.

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  1. Fox26 Houston

    FEMA official fired for directing hurricane relief away from Trump supporters' homes (opens Fox26 Houston)

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    A Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) official who instructed Hurricane Milton relief workers to skip homes with Trump signs has been removed from her role, a FEMA spokesperson tells Fox News, while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is investigating the federal agency over the controversy.

  2. NBC Los Angeles

    FEMA fires employee who told Florida relief workers to skip Trump supporters (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    After Hurricane Milton, FEMA slammed Donald Trump for spreading misinformation about the status of the agency’s disaster relief funding.

  3. MyNorthwest

    FEMA: Worker fired after directing workers to avoid helping hurricane survivors who supported Trump (opens MyNorthwest)

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    A Federal Emergency Management Agency worker has been fired after she directed workers helping hurricane survivors not to go to homes with yard signs

  4. CBS News

    FEMA employee fired for telling workers to ignore homes of Trump supporters during hurricane relief efforts (opens CBS News)

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    The agency did not say where the situation happened, but Gov. Ron DeSantis said it occurred in Florida, calling it "targeted discrimination."

  5. The Hill

    FEMA employee terminated after telling assistance team to avoid homes with Trump signs (opens The Hill)

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    A Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) employee was terminated after advising her survivor assistance team to not go to homes with President-elect Trump campaign signs on them following the onslaught of Hurricane Milton in Florida, the agency’s head confirmed.

  6. The Guardian

    Fema worker fired for telling Milton relief team to skip homes with Trump signs (opens The Guardian)

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    Fema chief calls action ‘reprehensible’ while Florida governor calls it a ‘weaponization of government’

  7. New York Post

    FEMA official who allegedly told workers to avoid Florida homes with Trump signs fired: report (opens New York Post)

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    The Federal Emergency Management Agency supervisor ​a​ccused of ordering her subordinates to bypass homes ​w​ith Trump campaign sign​s​ in Florida has been fired​, according to a report.

  8. CNN

    FEMA employee removed from role after telling relief team to skip houses with Trump signs after Florida hurricane (opens CNN)

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    A Federal Emergency Management Agency employee has been removed from her role after she advised her disaster relief team to avoid homes with signs supporting President Donald Trump while canvassing in Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton, the agency said Friday.

  9. AL.com

    FEMA employee fired for directing hurricane aid workers to avoid Trump supporters: ‘Reprehensible’ (opens AL.com)

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    She directed workers helping hurricane survivors not to go to homes with yard signs supporting Donald Trump, officials said.

  10. WSVN Miami

    FEMA: Worker fired after directing workers to avoid helping hurricane survivors who supported Trump - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    (AP) — A Federal Emergency Management Agency worker has been fired after she directed workers helping hurricane survivors not to go to homes with yard

  11. Fox News

    FEMA official directed hurricane relief workers to avoid homes with Trump signs as agency conducts cleanup (opens Fox News)

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    A FEMA official was removed from a role after directing disaster relief workers in Florida to avoid homes with Trump signs after hurricanes Helene and Milton.

  12. New York Post

    FEMA ‘horrified’ after confirming workers directed to ‘avoid homes’ with Trump signs in hurricane-ravaged Florida community (opens New York Post)

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    FEMA supervisor Marn’i Washington told hurricane relief workers in Florida to “avoid homes” with signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump, the agency confirmed Friday.

  13. Fox News

    FEMA official removed from role for directing hurricane relief away from Trump supporters' homes (opens Fox News)

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    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is investigating the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) after an official instructed Hurricane Milton relief workers to skip homes with Trump signs.

  14. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    FEMA fires employee for telling crews to skip pro-Trump homes | Honolulu Star-Advertiser (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    An employee with the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been fired after reports that after Hurricane Milton, the employee told relief workers in Florida to pass over houses with signs supporting Donald Trump, the agency said Saturday.

  15. The Boston Globe

    FEMA worker fired after directing workers to avoid helping hurricane survivors who supported Trump (opens The Boston Globe)

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    “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.”

  16. ABC 12 Flint

    FEMA employee fired after telling relief team to skip houses with Trump signs following Florida hurricane (opens ABC 12 Flint)

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    ABC 12 Flint's feed description

    FEMA officials called the actions of the employee “reprehensible” and said they have been terminated from their role.

  17. Delaware Public Media

    FEMA worker fired for telling hurricane responders to avoid homes with pro-Trump signs (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    Delaware Public Media's feed description

    FEMA's administrator said the employee told a team responding to hurricane survivors to skip homes with yard signs showing support for Donald Trump.

  18. NBC News

    FEMA employee fired after advising disaster relief team not to visit homes with signs supporting Donald Trump (opens NBC News)

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    A Federal Emergency Management Agency employee was fired after recently advising a disaster relief team to not visit homes with yard signs that support President-elect Donald Trump.

  19. Washington Examiner

    FEMA official who blocked hurricane aid to Florida Trump homes fired (opens Washington Examiner)

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    A FEMA supervisor who told staff it was "best practice" to skip over Trump-supporting homes for relief from Hurricane Milton has been fired.

  20. Breitbart News

    FEMA Says It Has Fired Employee Who Directed Disaster Crew to Ignore Homes with Trump Signs (opens Breitbart News)

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    Biden-Harris Federal Emergency Management Agency Deanne Criswell announced Saturday that a federal disaster relief official who advised her survivor assistance team to ignore homes displaying Trump signs in Lake Placid, Florida, following Hurricane Milton has been fired.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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