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[–] memfree@piefed.social 11 points 1 day ago

If Kristi Noem had any morals or sense of remorse, she'd just curl up and die.

On July 5, as floodwaters were starting to recede, FEMA received 3,027 calls from disaster survivors and answered 3,018, or roughly 99.7 percent, the documents show. Contractors with four call center companies answered the vast majority of the calls.

That evening, however, Ms. Noem did not renew the contracts with the four companies and hundreds of contractors were fired, according to the documents and the person briefed on the matter

The next day, July 6, FEMA received 2,363 calls and answered 846, or roughly 35.8 percent, according to the documents. And on Monday, July 7, the agency fielded 16,419 calls and answered 2,613, or around 15.9 percent, the documents show.

[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Well... geez, why would they? None of them are real true Americans (aka billionaires).