The acting heads of the Department Homeland Security and FEMA said on Sunday that the Trump administration’s decision to transfer $155 million from FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund to ICE won’t hinder the administration’s response to Hurricane Dorian, a category 5 storm headed for the U.S.
Of course, “adequate funding” only means that they can afford to fly Trump down to throw paper towel rolls at people who have lost their homes.
‘“We live with risk every day, we assess risk,” Gaynor said.’
And then he pulled his side arm as a rope ladder dropped from the studio ceiling. Hanging one handed off the rungs, he gave a hearty salute, gashing himself in the head with his weapon. A dog eared copy of a Matt Helm novel fell from his coat pocket. With a loud “My people need me!”, he scurried up the ladder and was gone in a flash. The fading thud of chopper blades could be heard in the distance.
The acting DHS chief maintained that the $155 million transfer to the immigration agency is necessary because “Congress didn’t see fit to provide that funding.”
In any other Administration, this would have been the end of the matter as Congress supposedly has the power of the purse.
Of course, it’s subject to change based on whether Mar-a-Lago sustains a direct hit.
Maybe Hurricane Dorian has enough water and wind to wash the blackface off Alabama’s governor.
(h/t Lee Mays)
“Congress didn’t see fit to provide that funding.”
… “for bullshit vanity projects” …
“we do have an ongoing border security humanitarian crisis.”
… “that we created” …
“We live with risk every day, we assess risk,” Gaynor said. “We assess that $155 million is low risk and it is not affecting our preparedness whatsoever for Dorian.”
… “mostly because we don’t do ‘preparedness’ anymore so there will be no response unless it affects certain properties the pResident deems ‘critical infrastructure’” …
“Congress will give us the money to placate any victims in red states, and then we’ll cut Social Security to avoid running up the deficit.”
Has Chief Meteorologist Mango assessed its wetness yet?
I hope they’re not expecting help from foreign countries. Thanks Donald for blowing up our alliances.
“Tremendously big and tremendously wet.”
(Carnac: “Name two phrases Melania has never used in the presence of Donald.”)
brilliant
When pressed by CBS host Margaret Brennan, McAleenan said the administration still plans on extracting the $155 million because “we
do havedid create an ongoing border security humanitarian crisis.”
Let’s keep the perspective in perspective.
And the whole Congress does appropriations thing in the Constitution goes by the way side.
Watch him ask for more money. I’m beginning to think he’s embezzling all of the Wall money to pay for lawyers when the grand juries begin.
“Congress didn’t see fit to provide that funding.”
Yeah, that’s their job, moron.
They may technically be right in saying that it won’t affect their response. They were presumably planning to do a lousy response anyway.
When you plan to do a shit job, you’re always prepared!
Excuse me. That’s my money and my Congressional representative was following my instructions.
Now, who the hell are you, acting chief?
Agreed.
As a former federal employee who worked with funding, this argument strikes me as complete B.S. to cover for what will very likely be an illegal act. Unfortunately. the way the government is being operated these days, under the R’s control, they may get away with doing this kind of thing.