Former FEMA Head Walks off MSNBC Interview: ‘I Don’t Have Time to Listen to Bullsh*t’
The former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Craig Fugate, walked off an interview on MSNBC after another guest disagreed with him. During an appearance on MSNBC on Thursday, Fugate argued that it is a…
The former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Craig Fugate, walked off an interview on MSNBC after another guest disagreed with him.
During an appearance on MSNBC on Thursday, Fugate argued that it is a “myth” that a “single person” is managing the response to the coronavirus for the whole country.
After the former acting head of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Andy Slavitt, disagreed with him, Fugate said, “I don’t have time to listen to bullsh*t, people,” and removed his earpiece and left the set.
Host Katy Tur tried to get Fugate to engage with Slavitt’s argument, but he did not come back, “Craig, you want to sit down and respond to this? … I guess Craig has left.”
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Fugate and Slavitt both served in former President Barack Obama’s administration. However, they had different views in regards to the federal government’s role in managing the Coronavirus Outbreak.
Fugate argued during the interview that the federal government should “get out of way” when it comes to managing the Coronavirus Outbreak.
“The myth of a single person in charge taking control and running this is a myth,” Fugate said, adding, “This is going to be dealt with on the front lines and local and state levels, and each state is going to be addressing this unique to their systems.”
He continued: