Snarky FEMA 'Acting Branch Chief' disparages volunteers in North Carolina - gets publicly humiliated

In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, we’ve seen firsthand the complete ineptness and incompetence of the Biden administration, particularly the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

While the administration and so-called “fact checkers” gaslight the American people about the situation on the ground in western North Carolina, those who are actually there have provided an accurate and much more reliable picture of the devastation and the piss-poor response of the federal government. 

Who can blame people for being skeptical of claims made by FEMA, which operates under the auspices of the Department of Homeland Security, led by the feckless boob Alejandro Mayorkas? After all, Mayorkas has been telling the American people for nearly four years that the border is “secure” even as an estimated ten million-plus foreign invaders have crossed into our country. He’s a liar, and the American people know it—or at least, most of them. 

Despite the slow response from the federal government, the sight of suffering and devastation on television has inspired many civilians to take action. These unsung heroes have risked their own safety to help their fellow citizens. Last week, Law Enforcement Today reported on one such effort where a former law enforcement officer and current volunteer firefighter was threatened with arrest for trying to evacuate people trapped in the mountains of North Carolina. 

Now, we have some “suit” on LinkedIn lecturing people about “eager volunteers with good intentions” getting in the way of “trained professionals,” including the one who threatened an emergency first responder from another jurisdiction with arrest. 

Michael Phillips, a “Non-Disaster Grants Supervisor (Acting Branch Chief) at FEMA Region 4,” took to LinkedIn to criticize people who traveled to North Carolina and other stricken areas because they saw their neighbors were not getting adequate assistance from the federal government.

Instead of having assets in place or on standby as Helene set its sights on Florida and the southeastern United States, FEMA, and the federal government stood by and did nothing. In fact, it has been conveyed that the brain-dead Democratic candidate for president blew off pre-hurricane season preparedness meetings. But she’s had plenty of time to conduct interviews with Stephen Colbert, old fossil Howard Stern, and the yentas on The View. 

Phillips' claims are not only absurd but also insulting to the intelligence of the American people. He suggests that the scenes of destruction shown on television and social media are a figment of our imagination.

He dismisses the heartbreaking reports from people who said they hadn’t seen anyone from the federal government in their communities helping as “an unqualified assessment of the overall response and recovery effort.” His attempt to suppress the truth by labeling it as “rumors” is both offensive and unacceptable. 

Fear not, however. Phillips is no longer shocked by such scenes; his “impulse is now instinctive action.” However, Phillips tells us that those rascally “newcomers” are nothing less than a nuisance. Because some of them have been “paralyzed by shock, rooted to the spot with eyes wide open,” and our hero has “steered them to safety.”

He tells us that he’s had to report some of these people, “This person shouldn’t be here; they’re a safety hazard to themselves.” And even professionals working with FEMA have been rescued by our hero, where he’s had to “stand down team members who weren’t mentally ready for the task at hand.” 

“Folks, it’s an adventure until it’s in your face and you don’t know what to do,” our superhero tells us. 

Does Phillips actually believe that potential rescuers and others who want to help are there for the “adventure?” This is what these people in the federal government think of those who aren’t in government. They’re just a bunch of hayseeds with nothing better to do than leave their homes and families on their own dime for a bit of hurricane recovery “adventure.” 

What a condescending punk. 

Phillips claimed that “willingness to help is valued” and that FEMA “can’t afford the risk of additional preventable accidents.” Oh, he also claims there are “warehouses full” of items for hurricane victims, which is gratifying since having items stored in warehouses instead of getting to those who are in desperate need makes sense. 

“Let the trained professionals [even if they’re sitting in an office like Phillips] handle the situation,” he admonished. 

Perhaps the most tone-deaf statement Phillips made in a long line of them was when he insinuated that those who seek to help their fellow citizens are there to “capture social media moments.” 

It’s ironic that an administration that actively uses TikTok influencers in its presidential campaign and has invited some rather flamboyant social media influencers into the White House is now accusing people of helping out just to get clicks on social media. The truth is, those who are trying to provide assistance where FEMA and the federal government are failing couldn’t care less about 'social media moments.' This accusation from Phillips only serves to highlight the hypocrisy of his post. 

As our owner Kyle Reyes told Phillips in response to his post, “The irony is you accusing them [volunteers] of wanting ‘social media moments’ while you do just that here with this post.” 

Touche!