Last week, Blaze News covered: story About Marni Washington, a FEMA supervisor who was fired after a report was released for ordering relief workers under her authority to avoid a house with a President Trump sign in Lake Placid, Florida.
But according to Washington, she was merely a scapegoat for FEMA's widespread discriminatory policies.
“FEMA preaches avoidance first and de-escalation second. This is not an isolated thing. This is a huge incident of avoidance. It's not just Florida. The Carolinas have an avoidance trend. “You'll see it,” Washington said on a podcast, in which he explained that FEMA as a whole tends to avoid homes with Trump signs for fear of aggression.
Jill Savage and Blaze News Editor-in-Chief Matthew Peterson welcome Rachel Bovard, deputy director of the Institute for Conservative Partnerships, on the show to discuss the situation.
“Is this problem bigger than just one FEMA employee?” Jill asks.
“This is the way the government has been operating for the past four years,” Bovard said. FEMA “was directed by the president of the United States, who stood in front of Independence Hall two years ago and said, “Anyone who supports Donald Trump is an extremist.''
“All the ideologues in the bureaucracy basically worked to make that statement of the president into government policy,” she explains. “When you think about the mission that FEMA is supposed to represent, FEMA is supposed to be there to help Americans at the worst times in their lives, but here we have that agency that doesn't put partisan politics above everything else. Masu.”
Matthew Peterson described the incident as one of many examples of “how bad things have gotten.”
But with Mr. Trump returning to the White House on the back of some bold Cabinet changes, the future looks hopeful.
“I would love to know your thoughts on the selections so far,” he told Bobard.
“I think institutional Washington is losing its mind, but I actually think it's losing its mind.” [Matt Gaetz] “This is the perfect answer to Merrick Garland, who turned the Justice Department into a pawn of the president's political terror,” Bovard said.
“[Garland] Put Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro, who served in the Trump administration, behind bars. He aggressively pursued peaceful pro-life protesters. He ignored the chaos in the streets and used taxpayer funds to harass, prosecute, and terrorize peaceful J6 protesters to the ends of the earth. …These actions need to be answered with a sledgehammer, and we actually feel that Matt Gaetz is probably the best person to do it. ”
But before Gates can take the job as President Trump's attorney general, he must first be confirmed by the Senate, which just elected John Thune as the new majority leader.
“What does the selection of John Thune signal about the direction the Senate is headed?” Jill asks.
Bovard is a little worried when it comes to Thun.
“John Thune noted that he voted to confirm Merrick Garland, along with other Republican senators, including Mitch McConnell, John Cornyn, Thom Tillis, and Susan Collins. 'I want to keep it,' explains Bobard.
She wants them to approve Gaetz to “atone for approving Merrick Garland.”
If you want to hear more of the conversation, watch the clip above.
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