Trump wants to shut FEMA because it acts as non-partisan oversight. If he controls aid funding, he can blackmail Democratic states, and still give vast Federal dollars directly to Republican governors, with no checks on how much of it they actually spend on disaster relief… Always follow the money!💰
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Aaron Rupar
Kristi Noem claims Trump can unilaterally shut down FEMA and suggests the federal govt should just give "block grants" to state for disaster relief
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The Dakotas must be very hard up for politicians
I know for a fact, in Michigan if you're in a flood zone and you have a mortgage on your house you have to pay for FEMA Insurance.
What are they going to do make people pay for disaster insurance and then withhold aid because your in a blue state?
Waste
Abuse
MAGA Republicans keep repeating these words.
When they say these words what they really mean is these are things that benefit the majority of Americans that we want to get rid of to pay for tax cuts for multimillionaires & billionaires.
Although set up by EO in 1979, Congress integrated it into DHS in 2003, so he cannot dissolve it
He can restructure it. He’s probably trying to turn it into grants, so he can use it politically. But! Congressional Approval is needed for that too, which it looks like he’d ignore
Make the states take care of themselves and see how long the red states survive.
Disasters probably wont cooperate with that method.
Noem is "a idiot".
Prior to Katrina FEMA was just an emergency money lending agency.
So they want to go back to the days when we were less prepared for disasters w/ dead bodies floating down the streets.
https://open.substack.com/pub/jasonegenberg/p/the-rules-are-dead-the-game-has-changed?r=3nm35j&utm_medium=ios
IMPEACH TRUMP!
DEPORT MUSK!
Expose the hypocrisy and lack of humanity. Take your time, as they are such awful people!