South Dakota Republican Governor Kristi Noem promised during her confirmation hearing on Friday that, if confirmed, the Department of Homeland Security would not be politicized when asked about the FEMA scandal in Florida where relief workers were ordered to skip homes with Trump flags or yard signs.
Noem was also asked about securing the border, the state of the Secret Service, and FEMA’s response to natural disasters.
Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) asked Noem about an incident first reported by The Daily Wire in Lake Placid, Florida, when FEMA supervisor Marn’i Washington ordered Hurricane Milton relief workers to “avoid homes advertising Trump.”
“Last year FEMA employees during disaster relief were instructed by one of their supervisors that if they see a Trump sign or a Trump flag flying to skip that house, to not stop by there, and tell them what their federal government…