The Washington Post is reporting that Federal emergency-response staffers in hard-hit Rutherford County, North Carolina were directed on Saturday to stop working and move to a different area due to concerns about “armed militia” members on the prowl for FEMA personnel.
Early Saturday afternoon, an official with the U.S. Forest Service sent an urgent email message to a number of different Federal agencies warning that, “FEMA has advised all federal responders Rutherford County, NC, to stand down and evacuate the county immediately.” The message stated that National Guard troops 'had come across x2 trucks of armed militia saying there were out hunting FEMA.’”
Rumors of militias escalated tensions during hurricane aid, pausing federal response; authorities debunked false claims. Get the full story here.
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Biden should double down, and send in FEMA workers with FBI, with shoot on sight orders anyone that even looks like they're militia, or even openly carrying a weapon in disaster areas where assistance is being delivered.