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In reply to the discussion: FEMA staff left baffled [View all]radical noodle
(10,483 posts)87. Oh, I wasn't making excuses for him!
I was replying to the idea that "everyone" knows there's a hurricane season. Anyone who runs FEMA should be well aware of the hurricane season. Sorry I wasn't clear about that. I seriously doubt it was a joke. Those people are too cruel to know how to "joke."
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This guy. Took over the day after the last head was fired for saying FEMA shouldn't be eliminated
underpants
Jun 2025
#4
You'd have to be a complete idiot not to know that the us had a hurricane season.
Biophilic
Jun 2025
#6
Um, most 2-year olds probably know the meaning of the word grocery, but Donald Trump clearly did not until last year.
Wiz Imp
Jun 2025
#63
Are they stupid? Why would they be baffled by the malicious incompetence of a Trump appointee?
RockRaven
Jun 2025
#17
By far the most incompetent Cabinet EVER! Picked by the most incompetent President EVER! nt
Jit423
Jun 2025
#21
David Richardson needs to be forced to experience a land falling hurricane first hand, up close and personal.
patphil
Jun 2025
#49
Exclusive-FEMA staff confused after head said he was unaware of US hurricane season, sources say
LiberalArkie
Jun 2025
#50
My earliest recollections, when I was five years old was hurricane Hazel in 1954
Walleye
Jun 2025
#76
I remember when I was living in NYC, the whole city shut down on Friday afternoon because of a coming hurricane. Gloria?
Walleye
Jun 2025
#77
Maddow Blog-As hurricane season begins, Trump's FEMA chief once again fails to inspire confidence
LetMyPeopleVote
Jun 2025
#78