On Nov. 8, 2024, an investigation from conservative news outlet The Daily Wire claimed that an official of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) had instructed hurricane-response workers to avoid homes with signs supporting then-presidential candidate Donald Trump in their front yards.

The employee, who was not named, was fired from her position, Administrator Deanne Criswell said in a post to social media on Saturday.

The agency did not say where the situation happened, but Gov. Ron DeSantis said it occurred in Florida, calling it "targeted discrimination."

The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency - whose mission is to help people before, during and after disasters - fired an employee who advised her survivor assistance team in Florida to not go to homes with yard signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump,

FEMA supervisor who was fired for instructing subordinates to skip over houses with Trump signs says that her actions were in accord with agency guidance and were not isolated to her team alone.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency employee who was fired after advising her disaster relief team to skip homes with yard signs supporting Donald Trump has broken her silence. Marn’i Washington,

FEMA official instructed relief workers to skip past homes of residents with pro-Donald Trump signs in their front yards. FEMA confirmed firing the employee who gave the order. We were unable to independently confirm how many households were impacted by the guidance or the number of staff members who received the order.

She said her directive was as a result of what she calls political hostilities her team experienced in Florida when they were surveying.