r/politics • u/harsh2k5 • 1d ago

Soft Paywall The Trump Administration Just Violated Another Court Order | It gets worse: The order found that the administration was covertly withholding millions in FEMA funds from blue states.

https://newrepublic.com/post/193650/trump-administration-just-violated-another-court-order
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u/omniverso 1d ago

Had some rabble rouser telling me this bullshit just yesterday. That it was Biden and Harris still withholding money to South Carolina.

their stupidity made me just stop talking and move on....

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u/Mikel_S 1d ago

The thing that happened in South Carolina is that boots on the ground fema groups were advised to avoid certain areas with roving bands of assholes claiming to be hunting fema.

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u/HyruleSmash855 1d ago

And the person who did that was fired for the right reason. The presidential administration had nothing to do with that decision and it was wrong and they allowed the individual to be fired.

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u/theo-dour 23h ago

That was North Carolina.

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u/JarJarJarMartin 21h ago

It’s a combination of two stories. In North Carolina, right-wing extremists showed up and at least one of them spoke of “hunting FEMA.” This disrupted operations for several days and led to a lot of confusion and panic. The second story was out of Florida, where a FEMA team leader advised her staff to avoid houses with Trump paraphernalia. She was promptly fired.

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u/JarJarJarMartin 21h ago

It’s a combination of two stories. In North Carolina, right-wing extremists showed up and at least one of them spoke of “hunting FEMA.” This disrupted operations for several days and led to a lot of confusion and panic. The second story was out of Florida, where a FEMA team leader advised her staff to avoid houses with Trump paraphernalia. She was promptly fired.

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u/theo-dour 20h ago

Yes, not South Carolina.

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u/JarJarJarMartin 20h ago

Not disagreeing, just clarifying because of other comments in this same thread that seem to be conflating the two separate stories.

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u/theo-dour 20h ago

I get ya. Thanks. I have certainly heard the stories conflated as well. So much false info out there.

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u/nnomae 1d ago

The irony being that Biden wanted to send more aid but the Republican congress withheld the funding to make him look bad.

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u/Ill_Technician3936 1d ago

You should have told them DOGE cut FEMA.