"On Thursday, Homeland Security officials instructed disaster response staff at the Federal Emergency Management Agency to avoid using the word "ice" in public messaging about the impending storm for an incredible reason, CNN reports: because of all the outrage surrounding the other ICE, the US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. The urgent concern, according to two sources familiar with the directive, is that it could not only cause confusion, but heaps of online mockery."
"As a severe winter storm approaches, the Trump administration has bigger concerns on its plate: not getting trolled on the internet. And, we almost forgot to mention, memes. On Thursday, Homeland Security officials instructed disaster response staff at the Federal Emergency Management Agency to avoid using the word "ice" in public messaging about the impending storm for an incredible reason, CNN reports: because of all the outrage surrounding the other ICE, the US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement."
Homeland Security instructed Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster response staff to avoid using the word "ice" in public storm messaging to prevent confusion with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and to avoid online mockery. Two sources familiar with the directive said the concern was that memes and wordplay could distract from the seriousness of safety warnings. Officials suggested alternative phrasing such as "freezing rain." The guidance came amid intense public backlash against ICE after a deadly crackdown in Minnesota. FEMA faces proposed cuts and layoffs and reportedly paused those layoffs because of the storm.
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