FLORIDA, USA — A Federal Emergency Management Agency worker has been fired after she told workers helping hurricane survivors not to go to homes with yard signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump, the agency said Saturday. agency leader in a statement.

“This is a clear violation of FEMA’s core values ​​and principles to help people regardless of their political affiliation,” said FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell. “This was reprehensible.”

The agency did not identify the employee or say where it happened.

But Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, calling it “targeted discrimination” against Trump-supporting Floridians, said it happened in Florida.

DeSantis said he has ordered the Florida Division of Emergency Management to begin an investigation into the matter.

“The blatant government hogging by partisan activists in the federal bureaucracy is yet another reason why the Biden-Harris administration is in its final days,” DeSantis said on social media.

“New leadership is on the way in DC and I am optimistic that these partisan bureaucrats will be fired,” he said.

There were no details in FEMA’s statement or DeSantis’ comments about the time frame or community where the incident occurred. FEMA workers were in the state helping residents recover Hurricane Miltonthat devastated many Florida communities last month.

Criswell said she is determined to hold employees accountable.

“I will continue to do everything I can to make sure this doesn’t happen again,” she said.