The FEMA chief who was fired after ordering volunteers to stay away from homes with Trump signs after Hurricane Milton has insisted her edict was “not isolated.”
Marn’i Washington accused the Federal Emergency Management Agency of “lying” about the scandal after officials fired her and said they were shocked by her actions.
She insists she was made a scapegoat because FEMA officials “wanted (President-elect) Donald Trump to know” that they “fear retaliation.”
Washington and a team of volunteers were in Lake Placid, Florida, after successive hurricanes Helene and Milton, which together left at least 254 dead, to offer government assistance to victims.
But a leaked message reveals she ordered her team to “avoid houses advertising Trump” as they went door-to-door to help victims.
Washington told DailyMail.com that he is looking for a lawyer and is “at risk” as a result of the backlash he has received. “I have information that proves FEMA is lying,” he said.
Marn’i Washington, 38, has been fired from her position as a supervisor at FEMA.
She told workers in a group chat to “avoid houses that advertise Trump” while working in the city of Lake Placid in late October and early November.
FEMA has tried to distance itself from Washington after receiving widespread backlash, revealing that it lost its job after its superiors learned of the message.
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said, “This is a clear violation of FEMA’s core values and principles of helping people regardless of their political affiliation.”
“This employee has been terminated and we have referred the matter to the Office of Special Counsel.”
But Washington said Roland Martín Unfiltered that he was directly following FEMA protocol when he issued the controversial directive.
‘FEMA preaches avoidance first and then de-escalation. This is not something isolated. This is a colossal evasion event. Not just in the state of Florida. You will find that they avoid you in the Carolinas,” he revealed.
Washington and a team of volunteers were in Florida after successive hurricanes Helene and Milton, which together left at least 254 dead, to offer government assistance to victims.
Marn’i Washington accused the Federal Emergency Management Agency of “lying” about the scandal after officials fired her and said they were shocked by her actions.
She also worked full-time in property management in California, but was fired as a result of the backlash she received.
Washington had experienced hostility on specific streets in Florida during the cleanup, and the “current trend” was for houses to have Trump signs.
“If you look at the history, there is what you call a communal trend…the political hostility that my team encountered, they just happened to have the Trump campaign signs.”
“If we notice, for example, on Mary Street and we are greeted with unwanted arms or people come out with guns pointed at us and shouting at us, then that is a street we should avoid completely.”
Washington said she didn’t even vote in this election because she was too busy helping clean up efforts and would never have let politics interfere with her work.
Instead, he said the directive was a matter of keeping his team safe.
“Not all Floridians have been unpleasant, but most of those who passionately feel their disdain for FEMA … have no problem expressing it,” he said.
Images from the system used to document the homes they visited show notes left saying: “Trump sign, no contact for leadership.”
During the tragedy, Trump was highly critical of FEMA and the government’s response, stating, “We give foreign countries hundreds of billions of dollars and we’re giving North Carolina $750.”
Before making a stop in hurricane-ravaged North Carolina, Trump said, “I don’t like the reports I’m getting about the federal government and the state’s Democratic governor going out of their way to help people in red states.” “. areas.”
Washington had also instructed its crews to “practice preventative and de-escalation measures” and “not go anywhere alone.”
His edict led workers to avoid at least 20 homes with signs indicating their support for the president-elect, leaving residents to fend for themselves without any federal aid, the whistleblowers alleged.
He warned volunteers to “follow the rules” and take “frequent breaks and drink water.”
Washington worked as a reservist at FEMA since 2019 and responded to calls to deploy “on United Nations lands” after natural disasters.
Throughout his years in office, Washington and his team have also received hostile treatment from Biden/Harris supporters and the same “disengage and retreat” approach has been applied.
She also worked full-time in property management in California, but was fired as a result of the backlash she received.
Employees said they ended up skipping at least 20 houses with signs indicating their support for the president-elect.
A Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) worker was fired after a Daily Wire report revealed she ordered her team to discriminate against MAGA Americans facing disaster.
According to the daily cableThe employees who followed Washington’s orders were part of a Department of Homeland Security team that was made up of volunteers from other agencies.
One of the workers said: ‘I thought we could help and make a difference. When we got there they told us to discriminate against people.
“It’s almost unbelievable to think that anyone in the federal government would think that’s OK.”
The person added that it was wrong to discriminate against Trump supporters when they were “most vulnerable.”
The lack of response left residents left to fend for themselves without any federal help.
They added: ‘I volunteered to help disaster victims, not to discriminate against them. It didn’t matter if people were black, white, Hispanic, for Trump or for Harris. “Everyone deserves the same amount of help.”
Images also obtained through the system used to document which homes were visited show notes left saying: “Trump sign, no contact by leadership.”
But the Trump-related comments were reportedly deleted from the group chat a few days after they were posted.
Criswell said in the wake of the controversy: “I will continue to do everything I can to make sure this never happens again.”
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ordered a state investigation into Washington’s edict.
“The blatant weaponization of government by partisan activists in the federal bureaucracy is yet another reason the Biden-Harris administration is in its final days,” the governor said.
‘At my direction, the Division of Emergency Management is launching an investigation into the federal government’s selective discrimination against Floridians who support Donald Trump.
“New leadership is on the way in DC, and I am optimistic that these partisan bureaucrats will be fired.”
Trump resoundingly won Florida’s 30 electoral votes, and the Associated Press called the race just an hour after polls closed.
