The Washington Post
There's a saying in emergency management: The first 24 hours are the only 24 hours.
FEMA was ready to deploy to the condo collapse almost immediately, and included the crisis in its daily briefing, but didn't get permission from Gov. DeSantis to get on the ground for a full day. pic.twitter.com/rVmCN47sQJ
— Hannah Dreier (@hannahdreier) June 26, 2021
Washington Post journalist Hannah Dreier was blasted for falsely claiming that Governor DeSantis waited a full day before giving FEMA permission to deploy to the area. Dreier tweeted, “There’s a saying in emergency management: The first 24 hours are the only 24 hours.”
It wasn’t long before people on both sides of the aisle pointed out that the governor does not have the authority to call FEMA and the request must first be made by Miami-Dade County Mayor Danielle Levine Cava.
