Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio asked Federal Emergency Management Agency Director DeAnne Criswell on Tuesday about the directive to skip homes occupied by residents who have expressed support for the president-elect. compared disgraced FBI agent Peter Strzok's comments with text messages allegedly sent to disaster relief workers. Donald Trump.
A text message purportedly sent by former FEMA disaster survivor assistance team leader Marni Washington listed a series of “best practices,” including avoiding “houses with Trump signs.” Mr. Jordan pressed Mr. Criswell about the message, which he displayed on a screen during a House Oversight Committee meeting. hearing. (Related: Harris Faulkner silences Democrats as they seek to quickly pivot away from Biden-Harris hurricane response)
“She said it was common practice, but you said it was reprehensible and isolated. Neither statement can be true, so someone told us They're not telling me the facts, and I'm trying to figure out who's not telling me the truth,” Jordan told Criswell.
Mr. Jordan turned to the text messages after confronting Mr. Criswell about another FEMA employee who said he must have received such instructions from his superiors in Washington.
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“Let's take a look… Probably the best evidence we have is an actual screenshot. Can you please put a screenshot up on the screen? Let's take a look at the text message content,” Jordan said. Said. “Enforce the following best practices for texting: These are best practices, we do them, and they should always go in pairs or groups, avoid houses of cards, drink water. We're talking about drinks, towels, coconut water, etc. ”
“So stay hydrated, stay with others, and don't go to Trump's house. If you look at the actual evidence we have, the text messages themselves, this is very common. And that appears to be the case. But you're still saying that Mr. Washington and this person are not telling the truth,” Jordan continued.
FEMA has come under fire for its relief efforts in western North Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Helen. killed At least 227 people. Jordan told Criswell that FEMA officials had told workers to be careful “about the types of people we have in western North Carolina,” and that comments in text messages allegedly sent by the U.S. government , said it was similar to other cases in which liberals have disparaged Trump supporters.
“You know what that sounds like? It sounds like Peter Strzok… who said, 'I just walked into Walmart and it smells like a Trump supporter.' “It's like Joe Biden said that all the 'trash' I see is Trump supporters,” Jordan said. “It’s like the guy the Democrats had, the professor the Democrats had.” testify Dating back to the 2019 impeachment — conservatives, “especially very conservative people, tend to disperse.” Probably because they don't want to be around them. ”
“This disrespect, this mentality is in government, where is it, everyone is deplorable, everyone is trash, everyone is Wal-Mart stink people, and oh, damn the people of western North Carolina. ,” Jordan continued. “It sounds like it, but again, the best evidence is the text messages that reinforce that thinking that we've seen from so many people in government.” (Related: Fox News host criticized by reporters for not asking Biden about hurricane victims during press conference)
On August 13, 2018, the FBI told Lisa Page, the FBI lawyer with whom Strzok had an affair, that she was disparaging Trump and his supporters during an investigation into allegations of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia in 2016. Strzok was fired for sending the email.
“In my 23 years at the FBI, I have never seen a more shocking series of missteps that called the entire organization into question and damaged its reputation so thoroughly,” said then-FBI Deputy Director David.・Bowditch is writing in draft form. termination notice, According to To the Washington Examiner.
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