Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 8 days agoFEMA employee terminated after telling assistance team to avoid homes with Trump signsthehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down16cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up180arrow-down1external-linkFEMA employee terminated after telling assistance team to avoid homes with Trump signsthehill.comSine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 8 days agomessage-square13fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-squarepjwestin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up81arrow-down2·8 days agoThe article doesn’t mention that Armed Militias were actively hunting FEMA responders in North Carolina after hurricane Helene because of right-wing conspiracy theories. It’s entirely possible that the context was, “avoid people with Trump signs, they might shoot you.”
minus-squareoctopus_ink@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoI would not knock on the door with a Trump sign or flag, unless it was a dire emergency, for just that reason.
The article doesn’t mention that Armed Militias were actively hunting FEMA responders in North Carolina after hurricane Helene because of right-wing conspiracy theories. It’s entirely possible that the context was, “avoid people with Trump signs, they might shoot you.”
I would not knock on the door with a Trump sign or flag, unless it was a dire emergency, for just that reason.