The fallout from the Hurricane Milton FEMA scandal continues to unfold, and it’s looking worse by the day. Three more supervisors have been fired over the revelation that aid workers were instructed to bypass homes displaying support for President Donald Trump, bringing the total number of firings to four.
And just like that, the narrative pushed by former FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell—that this was the work of a single rogue employee—has completely collapsed.
FEMA fired three supervisors following probe into crew told to avoid Trump-supporting homes hit by Hurricane Milton https://t.co/O4CbaexqRX pic.twitter.com/iUnfW5EEC9
— New York Post (@nypost) March 6, 2025
According to The New York Post, acting FEMA Administrator Cameron Hamilton informed Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) in a letter that the agency had completed an “exhaustive investigation” into the matter. His conclusion? The behavior was reprehensible, and FEMA employees will now undergo additional training to reinforce the idea that political affiliation should never be a factor in disaster aid.
The fact that FEMA even has to clarify that point is, frankly, astonishing.
The scandal first broke when whistleblowers revealed that a supervisor had told workers in Lake Placid, Florida, to skip past homes with Trump signs after Hurricane Milton left a trail of destruction. Internal messages exposed by the whistleblowers left no room for interpretation:
- A “best practices” document instructed workers to “avoid homes advertising Trump.”
- One employee messaged another: “Trump sign no entry per leadership.”
There wasn’t just evidence of the directive—there was proof that FEMA employees had actually followed through.
One of the fired supervisors, Marn’i Washington, didn’t just accept her fate quietly. Instead, she went public, appearing on Roland Martin Unfiltered to drop an even bigger bombshell:
This wasn’t an isolated incident.
According to Washington, similar political discrimination had occurred in North Carolina following Hurricane Helene. She claimed that senior leadership would deny any wrongdoing, but that lower-level employees on the ground knew the truth.
“Senior leadership will lie to you and tell you that they do not know,” Washington stated. “But if you ask the [Disaster Survivor Assistance] crew leads and specialists what they are experiencing in the field, they will tell you.”
EXCLUSIVE: A FEMA supervisor ordered workers to bypass the homes of Donald Trump’s supporters as they surveyed damage caused by Hurricane Milton in Florida, multiple federal employees confirmed to The Daily Wire.
— Leif Le Mahieu (@leif_lemahieu) November 8, 2024
And here’s where things get really disturbing. House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) later spoke to a whistleblower who claimed that a FEMA contractor had gone so far as to label Trump supporters as domestic terrorists.
That revelation alone raises serious questions. If true, it means that not only were Republican voters being denied disaster aid, but they were actively being targeted by elements within the federal government.
Despite these alarming reports, Hamilton insists that the investigation “found no evidence this was a systemic problem, nor that it was directed by agency or field leadership.”
But how much credibility does that claim have when four supervisors have already been fired? And when whistleblowers are saying this isn’t an isolated incident?
The FEMA official who was just fired for telling workers to avoid homes impacted by the hurricanes in Florida if they had Trump signs says that it was not “isolated” and that FEMA workers were instructed to do it in the Carolinas too. pic.twitter.com/BpBdZFSSPR
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) November 12, 2024
As RedState’s Streiff pointed out, what these FEMA officials did wasn’t just unethical—it was illegal. “Depriving citizens of federal assistance because they supported a major party candidate is a violation of multiple federal laws.”
Yet, so far, the consequences have been limited to firings. No prosecutions. No criminal charges.
