The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) supervisor who was fired for instructing subordinates to skip houses with Trump signs and banners now says her actions were in accordance with agency guidance and were not just isolated by her team.

Supervisor, Marni Washington, he was fired by FEMA after outrage erupted that she instructed disaster relief workers visiting Lake Placid, Fla., after Hurricane Milton to “avoid homes advertising Trump.”

The Daily Wire first reported that government employees said at least 20 homes with Trump signs or flags were bypassed from late October through November due to “best practice” guidance from Washington. The houses were jumped by workers, who wrote messages such as: “Trump signs no entry on management” on a government system at the point of sale.

On Saturday, FEMA’s employee misconduct administrator, Deanne Criswellconfirmed to Fox News Digital that Washington was fired and called her actions “reprehensible” and a clear violation of FEMA’s core values ​​and principles to help people regardless of their political affiliation.

A FEMA spokesman told Fox News on Friday that the agency was “deeply disturbed” by Washington’s actions, but insisted it was an “isolated incident.”

FEMA OFFICIAL SAYS AVOIDING HOMES WITH TRUMP SIGNS: ‘TO SAY I WAS SURPRISED WOULD BE A LIE’

Hurricane Helene aftermath photo provided to Fox News Digital by Congresswoman Kat Cammack’s office. (Office of Congresswoman Kat Cammack)

The spokesperson said “the employee who issued this guidance had no authority and no direction was given to tell teams to avoid these homes and we are reaching out to people who may not have been contacted as a result of this incident “.

Speaking on a Monday episode of the “Roland Martin Unfiltered” podcast, Washington said her instructions followed FEMA protocol to avoid homes deemed hostile or dangerous to workers.

“They all claim that these actions were done on my own admission and that it was for my own political advancement. “However, if you look at the record, there is what we call a ‘community trend,’ and unfortunately it just so happened that the hostility that my team encountered … happened to have signs of the Trump campaign,” he said. Washington said.

Washington claimed her instructions were given after team members were verbally and physically threatened by hurricane victims with signs in support of the former president. She said her instructions followed FEMA’s “avoidance” and de-escalation policy.

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A drone view shows destroyed beach houses after Hurricane Milton made landfall in Manasota Key, Florida, US, October 11, 2024. (REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo/File Photo)

Also, contrary to FEMA’s claim that the incident was isolated, Washington said there were similar “avoidance” protocols in place not only in Florida, but also in North Carolina.

“Senior management will lie to you and say they don’t know, but if you ask crew chiefs and DSA (disaster survivor assistance) specialists what they’re dealing with in the field, they’ll tell you,” she said. “FEMA always preaches avoidance first and then de-escalation, so this is not isolated, this is a colossal avoidance event not just in the state of Florida, but you’ll find avoidance in the Carolinas.”

Last week, Republican Rep. James Comer, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, called for a Nov. 19 hearing on the incident. Washington said it would welcome a investigation by congressional Republicans.

“Please do (investigate), they will find that this is not isolated. I say this over and over again, it is colossal,” she said. “Request that FEMA give you those incident reports. They will justify what we live in the field”.

A home is damaged by flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Helene on October 8, 2024 in Asheville, NC. Helene’s destruction brought historic rainfall, flooding, power outages and 140-mile-per-hour winds to the Southeast. North Carolina bore the brunt of the damage, with large swaths of cities like Asheville under water, residents trapped in their homes without power or food, and few functional roads for rescue workers to reach.

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FEMA responded to Fox News Digital’s request for comment by simply forwarding a Nov. 9 statement from Criswell condemning Washington’s actions.

“A FEMA employee departed from these values ​​to advise his survivor assistance team not to go to homes with yard signs supporting President-elect Trump,” Criswell said in the statement. “I want to be clear to all of my employees and the American people, this type of behavior and action will not be tolerated at FEMA, and we will hold people accountable if they violate these standards of conduct.”