Stupidity: General
NEW from me — I wrote about FEMA Acting Administrator David Richardson, who has been completely silent and out of view since deadly floods devastated Texas last week, and spoke to staffers about what it's like to respond to a disaster with no leader.
In any other administration, the head of FEMA going AWOL would be an utter scandal. As has become the usual, Trump is skating by.
“It is unprecedented for the leader of FEMA to be absent from the public response to a disaster that has killed over 100 Americans,”
@samlmontano.bsky.social told me.
“It feels completely demoralizing, but it is not unexpected,” a FEMA staffer told The Handbasket of Richardson’s absence. “He has clearly shown a lack of regard in disaster response, and a lack of care for communities that suffer through these disasters.” (thehandbasket.co)
In any other administration, the head of FEMA going AWOL would be an utter scandal. As has become the usual, Trump is skating by.
“It is unprecedented for the leader of FEMA to be absent from the public response to a disaster that has killed over 100 Americans,”
@samlmontano.bsky.social told me.
“It feels completely demoralizing, but it is not unexpected,” a FEMA staffer told The Handbasket of Richardson’s absence. “He has clearly shown a lack of regard in disaster response, and a lack of care for communities that suffer through these disasters.” (thehandbasket.co)