Mississippi MAGA Fan Gets Brutal Wakeup Call After Complaining About Lack Of FEMA Help After Tornado

Two months after a tornado destroyed his home in Tylertown, Mississippi, Republican Brian Lowery told The Associated Press that he’s growing increasingly frustrated, as Mississippi’s request for federal disaster assistance remains under review by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

The delay has left his town without the critical aid they urgently need and Lowery says he's confused why it's taking so long to declare Tylertown a "federal disaster area":

“I don’t know what you got to do or what you got to have to be able to be declared for a federal disaster area because this is pretty bad."

"We can’t help you because, whatever, we’re waiting on a letter; we’re waiting on somebody to sign his name. You know, all that. I’m just over it.”

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves, a Republican, formally requested a major disaster declaration from the Trump administration on April 1, following a devastating outbreak of 18 tornadoes that struck the state on March 14 and 15. The storms claimed seven lives and left widespread destruction, damaging or destroying hundreds of homes.

If approved, the declaration would unlock access to a broad array of FEMA assistance, including direct financial support for affected residents and funding for local and state agencies working to clear debris and restore essential infrastructure. It's now June and there's no declaration in sight.

And Lowery, who survived the tornado along with his wife and 13-year-old son, did not seem to realize that he got exactly what he voted for with President Donald Trump, a fact that was highlighted by TikToker Eric Bondurant in a viral video.

Bondurant said, in part:

"Mississippi had some horrible tornadoes hit about 60 days ago, where Brian and his neighbors lost everything. Brian and his neighbors still have not received any federal assistance and Brian is wondering who he needs to write a letter to to get the ball rolling."

"Brian, you and other Republicans voted for this. You just voted for this to happen to other people and not yourself. I'm also old enough to remember when Republicans complained about FEMA not writing a big enough check, not that FEMA didn't show up at all."

"Brian and most people from Mississippi are finding out that the federal government actually works great: It just doesn't work great in the hands of Republicans. ... Everything these people do is designed to make the federal government look inept and inadequate, all in the hopes to make private industry look better than the FEMA option."

"Well, Brian, how do you feel about your vote now? ... I wish I could snap my fingers and you and your family were made whole but you guys have got to stop voting the way you vote. You've been voting against your own best interest for decades."

You can hear what he said in the video below.

Many concurred.

FEMA's former acting administrator, Cameron Hamilton, was recently removed after publicly opposing Trump’s proposal to dismantle FEMA; Trump has called the agency “very bureaucratic” and “very slow.” David Richardson, now serving as FEMA’s acting administrator, has pledged to align the agency more closely with Trump’s vision.

The first 100 days of the Trump administration were terrible for FEMA. For example, in February, as part of the Trump administration’s sweeping federal agency layoffs, 200 FEMA employees were terminated. Since then, roughly 1,000 additional staff—about 20% of the agency’s workforce—are expected to accept voluntary buyouts.

These departures compound an already critical staffing shortage: FEMA and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) acknowledged a 35% staffing gap in 2022, and the Congressional Research Service has indicated the actual shortfall is likely even greater.