"NC State Police just sent a warning to FEMA that they will arrest any FEMA agent who tries to prevent aid or rescue," reads the post, which is a screenshot of a post on X, formerly Twitter. The Threads post was liked more than 1,000 times in a day. The X post was reposted 21,000 times.

The average FEMA disaster assistance grant was $3,000 between 2016 and 2022. People with National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policies were paid an average claim amount of more than $66,000 during the same period, the government agency said.