FEMA staff confused after head said he was unaware of US hurricane season, sources say

Trump’s FEMA Boss Just Learned About Hurricane Season?

Tim Miller joins MSNBC’s Chris Jansing Reports to break down the looming chaos at FEMA under Trump's latest hire and the Trump administration's concerning pattern of appointing inexperienced and incompetent leaders to crucial roles.Leave a commentAs always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Don’t care for video? Use the controls on the left…

FEMA 101: How America handles disasters, and why that’s now in question

WASHINGTON, June 4 — Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after David Richardson, the head of the US disaster agency, said he had not been...

New FEMA director tells staff he didn’t know there was a hurricane season

President Donald Trump’s acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency told staff that he was unaware that the U.S. has a hurricane season, but officials claimed he was only joking.

Hurricane season in the US? Trump’s FEMA chief didn’t even know that existed

Was it a joke? The acting director of FEMA said he didn’t know the country had a hurricane season, just as it is getting underway.

FEMA's acting director unaware hurricane season has started, White House denies US is ill-prepared

Department of Homeland Security (WASHINGTON) — Acting Federal Emergency Management Agency Director David Richardson told staff in an all-hands meeting that he was unaware hurricane season had started, according to sources familiar with the meeting. Hurricane season started on Sunday, June 1, and goes through Nov. 30. It is unclear if Richardson, who has led the agency since mid-May, was joking in the Monday meeting, but a Department of Homeland …