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Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell said that criticism of her agency’s response to Hurricane Helene is “dangerous” and suggested that hurt feelings could impact her employees’ performance.
There is no word to describe the federal government’s handling of the disaster in the Southeast other than dismal with de facto President Kamala Harris more concerned with campaigning and appearing on raunchy sex podcasts than helping Americans who are suffering in North Carolina.
On Sunday morning, Criswell was trotted out to do damage control, appearing on the regime media showcase “This Week” on ABC News where she fielded softball questions from activist host George Stephanopoulos.
Despite obstructing relief efforts, @FEMA’s Criswell says criticizing her agency is “dangerous”:
“It has a tremendous impact on the comfort level of our own employees … When you have this dangerous rhetoric like you’re hearing, it creates fear in our own employees” pic.twitter.com/ProJObu7fc
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) October 6, 2024
The host cited an extreme example to discredit all of the agency’s critics, a standard tactic of the regime and its media propagandists.
“It has a tremendous impact on the comfort level of our own employees to be able to go out there, but it’s also demoralizing to all of the first responders that have been out there in their communities helping people, FEMA staff, volunteers,” Criswell said. “Volunteers, the private sector that are working side-by-side with local officials to go out and help people.”
“I need to make sure I can get the resources to where they are needed, and when you have this dangerous rhetoric like you’re hearing, it creates fear in our own employees.”
It was as thoroughly dishonest and cynical as could be expected from a regime apparatchik by suggesting that critics are also besmirching volunteers and private interests when the outrage has been solely focused on the failures of the government and the agency that is supposed to be tasked with disaster response. One that worked pretty well until the focus shifted to DEI and leftist politics.
FEMA Disaster Preparedness Meeting:
“We should focus our efforts on LGBTQIA people… they struggled before the storm”
“FEMA relief is no longer about getting the greatest good for the greatest amount of people…. It’s about disaster equity.” pic.twitter.com/IqXeKI8OTT
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) October 7, 2024
The reaction to Criswell playing the victim was fierce as X users unloaded with their “dangerous” criticism.
In these times where people lost everything and roads are impassable with towns wiped off the map, remember the real victims: FEMA workers. https://t.co/f9xODDJUCq
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) October 6, 2024
People watching their homes float down the river: man, I hope this doesn’t make FEMA feel uncomfortable
— The Dank Knight (@capeandcowell) October 6, 2024
That’s what happens with DEI. Their feelings are hurt. They’re not “comfortable” anymore . Give me a break. Just do your job and stop impeding others from trying to help. Milton’s coming this week, and it will get worse for FEMA.
— Dorin Popa (@octavianusausa) October 6, 2024
The comfort level of hurricane victims matters way more to me right now than the comfort level of FEMA employees.
— Kristen Mag (@kristenmag) October 6, 2024
Governments resist accountability. Her message is clear: please don’t talk about people dying, left to fend for themselves, or slow response times because it might hurt our feelings. She’s refusing to hold her department accountable, so she should resign immediately. This is…
— Steve Hartkopf (@srobhartkopf) October 6, 2024
FEMA plays the victim card
Criticism is dangerous?!? GTFO— (@rodriQuez) October 6, 2024
I would imagine seeing your house floating down a river, not knowing where the rest of your family is while seeing grandma dead in a tree, then getting a check for $750 would be fairly frightening.
Then again, it’s just those pain in the ass citizens…
— C. Steele (@ChuckSteeleSr) October 6, 2024
Their comfort level might improve if they’re all fired and replaced with people who want to do the job.
— Ralph L Santovenia (@Joker961) October 6, 2024
I’m sorry. The criticism of FEMA during Katrina was much, much harsher than today.
Katrina was televised around the clock. We watched the bodies float away.
Clearly FEMA has learned nothing and is content to stand by and watch Americans die.
Fuck feelings.
Save lives.
— Mary Conner (@MaryConner62814) October 7, 2024
The entire Federal bureaucracy needs to be gutted from top to bottom. https://t.co/e3NAvMPx9q
— GayPatriot (@GayPatriot) October 6, 2024
Criswell will get a chance to prove critics wrong when monster storm Hurricane Milton slams into the Florida Gulf Coast this week with the stage set for potentially the most damaging weather disaster in U.S. history if it hits the populous Tampa Bay area and roars up the I-4 corridor through Orlando.
The nation’s eyes will be on FEMA which had best get its act together in a big hurry.
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