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LiberalArkie

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9. Yes, FEMA needs to be reformed. Away from the Bush FEMA that gutted the agency to the

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon May 19, 2025, 12:36 PM

May 19

James Lee Witt FEMA that modernized it and provided actual training for its people.

In the past it they were patronage jobs. Witt fixed than. Bush move it back to patronage jobs.

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