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The White House insisted on Tuesday that the Federal Emergency Administration was criticizing the media “seriously” and that after criticizing the media, the report said its directors were not aware of the period.
Reuters and the New York Times reported on Monday that at a recent meeting, Acting FEMA administrator David Richardson told employees that he was unaware of the hurricane season in the United States. A spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security later told Reuters that the comment was a joke and FEMA was ready for the season, which began on June 1 and continued until November 30.
“Well, of course, we know we’re already in hurricane season now, and I know FEMA is taking that seriously, contrary to some of the reports we’ve seen, based on jokes and leaked from the conference.
“They are committed to ensuring that Americans in need provide federal resources and taxes to Americans. The president continues to review requests for emergency aid and thinks them carefully. However, the president has made it clear that we will not make the states make wrong decisions with federal taxes, and then the federal government then has to bail those states,” Leavitt continued on bail. ”
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David Richardson is the agent administrator of FEMA. (DHS/Tia Dufour/Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
“We want to see states responsible for their taxes.
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Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt spoke in a briefing at the White House on Tuesday, June 3. (AP/Evan Vucci)
However, the report did not stop Democrats from slapping Richardson.
“I don't know why he hasn't been fired yet,” Senate Minority Leader Schumer (DN.Y.) wrote on X.
Rep. Bennie Thompson told Reuters: “It's enough to say that the disaster response is no joke. If you don't know what hurricane season is or when it is hurricane season, you are not eligible to run FEMA. Let someone know there.”
Secretary Kristi Noem testified before a House subcommittee on May 6. “Secretary Kristi Noem and FEMA leadership are all over the hurricane season,” Levitt said Tuesday. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)
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“The forecast in the NOAA National Weather Service predicts that hurricanes will be more normal in the Atlantic Basin this year,” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said last week.
