Trump’s administration is now openly defying a federal judge’s order pertaining to his freeze of federal grant money.

A senior official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) ordered subordinates to halt the disbursement of millions of dollars in federal grant funding. This is despite U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell ordering FEMA to immediately disburse the money, as it had already been appropriated by Congress.

Stacey Street, who is the director of FEMA’s Office of Grant Administration, ordered the office to pause the release of funds for “emergency preparedness, homeland security, firefighting, protecting churches from terrorism and tribal security” in an email with the subject line: “URGENT: Holds on awards.” The email specifically called for holds on “all open awards, all years (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024).

These funds were appropriated by Congress and signed into law by the sitting president.

The current administration is violating the Constitution, and ignoring the Separation of Powers instilled in it that requires Congress to create the bills related to appropriations, and the President at the time has the ability to veto or sign the bill into law.

After a law is passed, the Judicial branch of government has the responsibility to interpret the Constitutionality of the law.  That is their primary function.

Democracy only works when the 3 branches of government stay in their lane.  Checks and Balances are in place to eliminate any one branch from doing whatever they want, however they want, whenever they want. 

If this administration wants to deny the funding for FEMA while they are in office, then do it with appropriations (if any) put into law under their watch.  Oh, but wait!  This Congress, both Senate and House – with a Republican majority can’t even agree on what, how, or when to legislate the upcoming budget.

Retracting appropriations that were granted in years before taking office is wrong.

The idiots that continue to speak as though the judicial branch is out of line, and wrong in their rulings should never have taken the oath of office. By taking an oath while stating you would uphold the Constitution and now say and do the things that you are doing – you lied.

Let’s just see how well stripping FEMA of its responsibility works when the Tornados rip apart the homes in the middle of the country, or the Hurricanes devastate the south later this year, or the forest fires, mud slides, and flooding, occur.  Let’s just see how many folks will continue to support the actions of this administration when times of real hardship and need occur.

These actions are strictly political, with no regard for the people that it will truly hurt.

This administration is so petty, uncaring, and reminiscent of an immature child.