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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Katie Hawkinson

Fired FEMA worker who told staff to not help homes with Trump signs said his supporters were ‘hostile’

The FEMA employee who was fired after advising her disaster relief team to skip homes with yard signs for President-elect Donald Trump spoke out on Monday - (Getty Images)

The Federal Emergency Management Agency employee who was fired after advising her disaster relief team to skip homes with yard signs supporting Donald Trump has broken her silence.

Marn’i Washington, who says she was let go by FEMA after the messages were leaked, claimed in an interview with reporter Roland Martin that it is common practice among officials to skip homes – regardless of their demonstrated political affiliation – that have hostile residents.

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