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Armed Militia 'Hunting FEMA' Causes Hurricane Responders to Evacuate—Report

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Federal emergency response workers operating in North Carolina's Rutherford County in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene were told to evacuate on Saturday over concerns that an "armed militia" was threatening workers in the area, it has been reported.

An official with the U.S. Forest Service, which is supporting recovery efforts along with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), sent an message to numerous federal agencies at around 1 p.m. on Saturday warning that FEMA has advised all federal responders in Rutherford County to "stand down and evacuate the county immediately," The Washington Post reported.

National Guard troops had come across two trucks of "armed militia saying they were out hunting FEMA," the email said. 

https://www.newsweek.com/armed-militia-hunting-fema-hurricane-responders-1968382

 

This kind of thing was predicted:

 

As Trump pushes false FEMA claims, officials warn of 'extremely damaging' impacts

One of the falsehoods they took issue with is one that former President Donald Trump has pushed repeatedly on the campaign trail since Helene slammed into Florida's Gulf Coast and dumped up to 30 inches of rain in some parts of the Southeast. Trump claimed that disaster funds were being used on immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally rather than Americans impacted by disasters...

 FEMA’s disaster response efforts and individual assistance is funded through the Disaster Relief Fund, which is a dedicated fund for disaster efforts," the memo said in response to those claims.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/misinformation-amid-helene-recovery-extremely-damaging-fema-official/story?id=114572760

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