The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Tuesday that the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was joking when he remarked that he didn’t know that the United States has a hurricane season.
Multiple media reports that cited anonymous sources claimed that FEMA Acting Administrator David Richardson made the comment during a meeting with staff.
In response, a DHS spokesperson told The Epoch Times that those reports were “meanspirited attempts to falsely frame a joke as policy.”
“There is no uncertainty about what FEMA will be doing this Hurricane Season. FEMA is laser focused on disaster response, and protecting the American people,” the statement said….