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...