Hurricane disaster worker fired for telling team to ignore houses with signs supporting Trump
A government emergency worker has been fired after telling her disaster relief team not to go to homes with signs supporting President-elect Trump.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been working in Florida to assist people in the wake of Hurricane Milton.
FEMA called the actions of the woman "reprehensible".
It said more than 22,000 FEMA employees adhere to the organisation's "core values" to help disaster survivors regardless of political affiliation.
"Recently, one FEMA employee departed from these values to advise her survivor assistance team to not go to homes with yard signs supporting President-elect Trump," FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said in a statement.
She said the employee had been fired and the matter referred to the Office of Special Counsel.
"I will continue to do everything I can to make sure this never happens again," Ms Criswell said.