Some FEMA operations paused in North Carolina after reports National Guard troops saw 'armed militia' threatening them

[underpants]

CNN
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Aid to several communities impacted by Hurricane Helene was temporarily paused in parts of North Carolina over the weekend due to reports of threats against Federal Emergency Management Agency responders, amid a backdrop of misinformation about responses to recent storms.

Some FEMA teams helping disaster survivors apply for assistance in rural North Carolina are currently working at secure disaster recovery centers in counties where federal workers are receiving threats, a FEMA spokesperson told CNN on Monday.

On Saturday, FEMA workers had to halt their work in Rutherford County due to reports that National Guard troops saw “armed militia” threatening the workers, according to the Washington Post, which cited an email to federal agencies helping with the response, verified by unnamed federal officials. It’s not clear if the threat was credible.

Some FEMA operations were also paused Sunday in Ashe County, near the borders of Tennessee and Virginia, out of an abundance of caution, Sheriff B. Phil Howell said on Facebook. This included in-person applications for aid in at least two locations “due to threats occurring in some counties,” according to the county’s emergency management office. Those locations reopened Monday, the sheriff and emergency management office announced.



https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/14/us/fema-helene-north-carolina-reported-threats/index.html

[Dem4life1234]

1. Then they will claim the federal government is not helping them

Disgusting human beings. Sick of them.

Always projecting calling others violent criminals when they are violent themselves.

[2naSalit]

3. And...

Creating condition to fit their narrative.

[underpants]

5. RW media will call it an excuse.

[underpants]

4. Western North Carolina

Very uh “libertarian” let’s say. They hate any form of government. Remember Eric Rudolph? He bomb a clinic AND set up a follow up that hit first responders. He also bombed the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. He hid out in Western NC. There’s no evidence that he received any direct help from any of the locals but it was a running joke there how the FBI couldn’t find him.

I’m sorry what happened to them with Helene.

[BoRaGard]

2. Republicons are disgracing themselves

as usual

[drray23]

6. and why exactly arent they holding their ground with the help from the authorities ?

On Saturday, FEMA workers had to halt their work in Rutherford County due to reports that National Guard troops saw “armed militia” threatening the workers, according to the Washington Post, which cited an email to federal agencies helping with the response, verified by unnamed federal officials. It’s not clear if the threat was credible.

If the national guard saw the armed militia (previous reports say that they were in two trucks and told the national guards, they were out hunting FEMA) why did not they stop them or alert the authorities?

I am sick of giving in to the right wingers. The same thing happened a few days ago in Arizona where the local democratic party abandoned an office location that had been shot at twice letting the extremists win. If the party itself is not willing to stand their ground, how do they expect people to go out and vote for democrats when pressured by their MAGA neighbors to not do so ? The right answer would have been to install security cameras and get the police to patrol the area.

[republianmushroom]

7. One must love the intelligence in some of our southern states.