FEMA woman who ‘told workers to avoid Florida homes with Trump signs’ is fired

A Federal Emergency Management Agency supervisor who told her subordinates to skip Florida homes with Trump signs in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton has been fired.

Marni Washington, 38, told workers in a group chat to ‘avoid homes advertising Trump’ as they worked around the town of Lake Placid in late October and early November, according to The Daily Wire.

Her edict prompted workers to avoid at least 20 homes with signage indicating their support for the President-elect, leaving residents to fend for themselves without any federal aid, employees who spoke with the outlet reported.

Amid the outrage at the nation’s emergency department for the apparent discrimination, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell announced Saturday that Washington has been fired from her position.

‘This is a clear violation of FEMA’s core values and principles to help people regardless of their political affiliation,’ she wrote of Washington’s actions, which she called ‘reprehensible.’

‘I want to be clear to all of my employees and the American people, this type of behavior and action will not be tolerated at FEMA and we will hold people accountable if they violate these standards of conduct,’ Criswell posted on X, announcing Washington’s termination from the agency.

‘I will continue to do everything I can to make sure this never happens again,‘ she added.

According to the Daily Wire, the 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 go help and make a difference. When we got there we were told to discriminate against people. 

‘It’s almost unbelievable to think that somebody in the federal government would think that’s okay.’

The person added that it was wrong to discriminate against Trump supporters when they were their ‘most vulnerable’. 

They added: ‘I volunteered to help disaster victims, not discriminate against them. It didn’t matter if people were black, white, Hispanic, for Trump, for Harris. Everyone deserves the same amount of help.’

Images also obtained by the outlet of the system used to document what homes they visited show notes being left that said: ‘Trump sign, no contact per leadership’.

But the Trump-related remarks were reportedly deleted from the group chat a few days after she posted them.