STOP THE AID TO Rutherford North Carolina [View all]

Crazy as it sounds RW militia are threatening FEMA workers in Rutherford County N Carolina and fucking half the county wants them to leave!!



LAKE LURE, N.C. — Federal emergency response personnel on Saturday had employees operating in hard-hit Rutherford County, N.C., stop working and move to a different area because of concerns over “armed militia” threatening government workers in the region, according to an email sent to federal agencies helping with response in the state.

Around 1 p.m. Saturday, an official with the U.S. Forest Service, which is supporting recovery efforts after Hurricane Helene along with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, sent an urgent message to numerous 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 they were out hunting FEMA.’”




One Forest Service employee, she said, was pulling into a gas station when someone yelled at him to leave, saying “We don’t want the government here.”

“It’s terrible because a lot of these folks who need assistance are refusing it because they believe the stuff people are saying about FEMA and the government,” Duncan said. “And it’s sad because they are probably the ones who need the help the most.”

It’s been about a 51/49 split of residents being “grateful to see us versus ‘go home feds,’” he said. “We were aware of the threats made against FEMA in particular, but federal responders in general.”

Chimney Rock, in Rutherford County, has become one of the centers of tension and conflict after a rumor spread on social media that government officials planned to seize the decimated village and bulldoze bodies under the rubble. Authorities and news outlets debunked the assertion, but people still took to social media imploring militias to go after FEMA.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/10/13/federal-officials-nc-temporarily-relocated-amid-report-armed-militia-email-shows/

I SAY PULL THE WORKERS OUT OF THERE UNTIL THE DECENT CITIZENS STAND UP TO THESE THUGS. AND WHY IN HELL IS A MAN WHO THREATENED A FEMA WORKER CHARGED WITH JUST A MISDEMEANOR??