MAGA congressman says top priority is shutting down FEMA like the Department of Education

A Tennessee Republican congressman on Friday told a conservative podcaster that the first thing he wants to do when he returns to Washington D.C. is advocate to reorganize FEMA – and “shut it down.”

“When I get back to Washington that’s the first thing, we’re gonna — we need a reorganization of FEMA. That is completely – I mean it’s like the Department of Education – shut it down, send that money to the states where they know best for how to do it,” Rep. Tim Burchett, of Tennessee’s 2nd Congressional District, said on The Benny Show podcast.

During a wide-ranging, nearly two-hour conversation Friday that included a discussion about recent hurricanes that struck the United States, Burchett told host Benny Johnson that FEMA officials “don’t have a clue."

"All they know how to do is steal our dadgum money," said Burchett, who is in an ultra-safe district.

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“And then they’ll tell you, ‘Oh, we didn’t send that money to the illegals.’ The hell they didn’t,” he said.

Burchett's comments about the federal agency that responds to natural disasters in the country came after he told the conservative commentator that Vice President Kamala Harris “has no clue about what’s going on.” He added that former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton hitting the campaign trail to stump for the Democratic ticket “shows how desperate they are.”

“Just look at how terrible our elections are and how terrible it is in our country,” he said. “FEMA, I mean, you know, she can’t even get her butt off the couch, she goes on some TV talk show, and she drinks a Miller beer, I bet Miller is just going ‘Holy cow, we don’t need this,’ Burchett said.

According the FiveThirtyEight, Burchett, elected in 2018, has a 99% chance at winning reelection with its polling data showing him with an over 30-point lead over his Democratic rival.

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