Marjorie Taylor Greene calls for FEMA head's resignation as body count rises
The White House has received sharp criticism over how it has handed Hurricane Helene as the storm's death toll continues to rise.
Among those complaining is Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who recently demanded one official's resignation.
Greene compares FEMA head to former Secret Service director
According to Newsweek, Greene put out a social media post in which she went after Deanne Criswell, head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
"FEMA Director Deanne Criswell will be coming before the Oversight Committee and will receive the full Kimberly Cheatle treatment. Probably worse," she wrote.
Cheatle is the former Secret Service director who stepped down not long after Capitol Hill lawmakers grilled her over security lapses on the day that former President Donald Trump was nearly assassinated in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Meanwhile, Greene joined others in alleging that FEMA has strayed from its mandate by choosing to focus on far-left ideological causes.
FEMA training director fears that "migrant transwomen" could be misgendered
This past weekend, she posted a video clip in which a FEMA training director warned that faith-based shelters could misgender "migrant transwomen."
FEMA Training Director is concerned about faith-based shelters misgendering "migrant transwomen.”
These are the unqualified idiots using FEMA disaster relief funds to house migrants and FAILING western NC Hurricane Helene victims.
They hate Christians.
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) October 5, 2024
"These are the unqualified idiots using FEMA disaster relief funds to house migrants and FAILING western NC Hurricane Helene victims," Greene declared before adding, "They hate Christians."
That is not the only video clip to raise eyebrows, a Fox News pointed to another one which showed officials suggesting that FEMA should begin prioritizing equity over helping the greatest number of people.
Official touts shift towards "disaster equity"
The footage was taken from a FEMA webinar that was held in March of 2023 and moderated by emergency management specialist Tyler Atkins.
"LGBTQIA people, and people who have been disadvantaged are already struggling. They already have their own things to deal with. So you add a disaster on top of that, it’s just compounding on itself," Atkins said at one point.
Meanwhile, Maggie Jarry of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) said the approach to disaster management has changed.
She declared that there has been a shift "from utilitarian principles where everything is designed for the greatest good, for the greatest amount of people, to disaster equity."
