Trump and Noem's attacks on FEMA blew up in the most predictable way
Michael A. Cohen
One truism of modern American politics is that politicians and voters love to trash the federal government…until they need the resources and expertise of the federal government.
For months, President Donald Trump and his administration have floated the idea of doing away with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). “I think, frankly, FEMA is not good,” he told reporters in his first week back in the Oval Office. The president said his administration would “begin the process of fundamentally reforming and overhauling FEMA, or maybe getting rid of” the agency altogether.
Within a month, the Department of Homeland Security fired 200 employees from the already understaffed agency. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem declared at a Cabinet meeting in March that one of her goals was “to eliminate FEMA.” In April, CNN reported that “about 20% of FEMA’s permanent full-time staff — roughly 1,000 workers — are expected to take a voluntary buyout” before hurricane season.
That was then.
After devastating rains led to flash floods in the Texas hill country, leaving at least 120 dead and scores missing, the White House is singing a different tune. “Administration officials say abolishing the agency outright is not on the agenda,” the Washington Post reported Friday, with one senior official telling the Post that “changes in the agency will probably amount to a ‘rebranding’ that will emphasize state leaders’ roles in disaster response.”
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But because it was a mostly white community in Texas who voted for him he wants to help them.