The massive government failure seen in Texas and the loss of life can be directly attributed to the ongoing mismanagement under Greg Abbott. This isn't the first time Texas has been failed and as long as they keep empowering ghouls, it won't be the last.
And yet they still vote for him- or he rigs it…
Have they deployed the National Guard? How about the Marines?
Remember all of the people, including children, who froze to d3ath under Abbotts "watch"?? Now, children drowning?? I'll never forget.
Absolutely 💯
The GOP cull begins…..
WTF is wrong with Texas that this ghoul is still governor?
And Ken Paxton will most likely be the next governor of Texas..
Those people disgust me. 😒
Me, too
Mike Johnson dusting off the ol' gun violence script. He's LITERALLY the one person that could've done something! bsky.app/profile/that...
They’d rather their kids die than have autism. Antivax is a mix of make believe science and Nazi eugenics.
Republicans have been in charge for 30yrs., they still fail
From the state that brought everyone Uvalde
Abbott seems singularly incompetent to assess threats and prepare, then is always inadequate to the challenge of disasters that result.
The hot wheels governor needs to go! h/t @repjasmine.bsky.social for the name/ description. #Awesome
Hey, for once Rafael Edward Cruz wasn't in Cancun.
Hello, Californian here to tell you that Texas will get a hell of a lot more love than we ever got!
I’m assuming Ted Cruz is in Cancun still…..
Also Trump cutting jobs at NOAH & NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE who keep tabs on weather systems if they intensify rapidly & send out warnings.
Their outrage at DOGE cuts that were made to NOAA and NWS is completely insincere. They're cosplaying as government officials. The Abbott administration didn't raise a single objection to the slashes made at the federal level. They gleefully championed those cute and now that people are dead,
they want to feign outrage. Texas and Florida are tied neck and neck for the worse states in the Union
Yet Texans continue to vote for him🤦♀️
Abbott, the sick fuck who’s anti women legislation is killing Texas women.
It’s not the first time. I still remember the failure of the power grid. A statewide issue.
Greg Abbott’s answer to this is “pray for his people” Republicans are self centered pricks.
What will be the straw that will break this republican governor ? I don’t understand they keep voting him in?
All the DOGE cuts to the NWS didn’t help either
And yet they keep electing him. They elect Ted Cruz. They elected the President. We love and care for everyone but my sympathy runs thin.
If they spent as much time trying to save young lives from flood waters as they do congratulating each other for their (failed?) response, more children might have survived.
Abbott says “Prayers work” and it is not his fault. It was an act of God
Never could figure out why anyone says that. If so....who created the storm in the first place?
It's just their way of absolving themselves of responsibility for their horrific actions and their consequences
Because God hates little girls.
Yeah, I've lived in Texas for 25 years. 25 years. The shit I've seen... Ugh, I hate this shithole. I nearly froze during the big freeze a couple years ago while Cowardly Cruz ran off to Cancun.
We need your expertise more than ever
Right? Was the massive power outage in 2021 the NWS's fault because "they didn't tell us it would get that cold"? FFS. Trump guts NOAA and NWS, of *course* their tracking and predictions are going to suffer.
From the Governor that brought you Uvalde cover-up. Hard to believe!
As soon as a high-ranking political type is harmed by a weather event, it will likely be addressed. It will take the loss of a child or other family member to the problem before they put political will behind reform. Someone literally has to die in their own family before they address it.
I found it unsurprising that Texas blamed everyone else. Agreed the Mango Mussolini & his ilk are partly at fault, but it has made some bad choices re: managing weather & water. Witness the poor utility & drainage management history. It's like they ignore the reality of the terrain there.
Correct
Where is Ted Cruz? Cancun?
Somewhere lying.
Greg Abbott said “prayer works” and I’m thinking: “prayer isn’t going to bring all those young girls back to life!!”
I feel that I can safely say that most Texans won’t have learned a thing.
Murderers
Sad and 💯 % true
They keep voting for Abbot and Cruz, so…🤷♀️
Where is FEMA...nevermind.
Another mass death just like under his Covid watch! Death and destruction follows trump!! He could care less! His sons are busy doing tariff shakedowns of countries and corporations!! He’s moved on from tariff while small businesses that depend on imports from China closes daily.
Shocked posting weather warnings on X and Facebook didn’t work out so well That will teach those Texans…. I bet they all sign up for both social media platforms now
As a Texan living an hour from flooding in Kerrville and Georgetown, I don’t need to be taught about warnings on social media. That’s a thoughtless comment following so many lives lost.
As a Texan, you should be outraged they are using social media - primarily social media - sources for updates when they have the ability to send alerts to EVERY Texan’s cell phone - which could have been relayed to anyone who still only had land lines in the affected areas
As a Texan about an hour or two away from flooding in Kerrville, Llano, Mason, and Burnet, I don’t need your comments about alerts on social media. Austin/Travis County has sophisticated flood gauges and alerts. Some may not have heard of the Memorial Day Flood of 1981. We are all Texans here.
With the incompetence of Felon in WH
They keep voting against their own self interests
When we had the massive power outage in Feb 2021 because of Abbott's mismanagement of our entire electrical grid, 246 Texans died. My community went 3 consecutive days with no electricity in single-digit temperatures. That's when Sen Ted Cruz left his Houston mansion & tried to sneak off to Cancun🤣
Is it heat? Is it so hot in Florida and Texas that minds are drained along with perspiration and incapable of thought?
I agree. I hope you aren't bombarded with people clutching their pearls because this account demonized the state of texas. Know what I mean?
They'll keep voting red though. fucking maga morons
Trump is equally to blame.
Yup. I remember when Texans froze during a snow storm. The only power came from green energy that Abbott opposed.
700 people died, while cancruz walked out of an airport enjoying the sun, while people froze to death. Texas still voted him in, FUCK TEXAS AND FUCK EVERY SINGLE MAGANAZI POS
I was one of the frozen. If it wasn’t for me being able to sit in my car to stay warm .I probably wouldn’t have made it.🚨❗️
Same, girl, same.😡😓
I’m so sorry you went thru that, 😢😭💔
I admit, my husband and I took the dogs & a grandkid to CA when we lost power for two weeks. But unlike Cruz, it wasn’t our job to help Texans. Collin Allred is running against Cornyn - supporting him next year will give us as least one staunch ally in the Senate.
hopefully he’ll be able to sway people enough for them to vote for him. He couldn’t do it the last time. His message was not clear. IMO
Like other Democratic candidates in Texas during 2024, Allred got about 45% of the vote. The fact that we got over 300 protesters in rural Gregg County on June 14 was a good sign.
🙏
Scrolling chyron: They will keep electing and empowering ghouls
Republicans are a death cult. Many people will die bc the Republicans cut medicaid, snap and fed agencies like NOAA. We saw one example with the TX flooding, there will be many more examples forthcoming. Republicans are very evil and must be removed.
People will get pissy about this but Texas is getting exactly what it voted for. Yes innocents face those consequences too. That’s how it always happens and that doesn’t change the fact that Texas voted for all of this. It’s unfortunate innocent people suffer for the morons to face consequences.
I'm surprised Abbott hasn't yet said, "it could have been worse "...
He’ll get around to it.
Even before COVID, GOP-led red states were killing their constituents. From crime, health care to infrastructure, it's all failure. Then GOP screams "no socialism" as their states rely on federal dollars the most.
Well, at least Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Ted Cruz are teaming up to make measles great again in Texas. So yeah, maybe there’s still hope
Lets swing that wheelchair from under that fascist and see how far he will run.
Perhaps they should stop electing Magats, like Abbott???🤷🏻♀️
MAGAt Republicans
The flooding devastation in Texas is a preview for every American of life without Federal help. We have no safeguards any longer. They were gutted by Trump. Don't blame the messenger who didn't have the resources to give you the message.
Texas is a Red State-they will definitely get FEMA help as long as the monies are still available. It’s the Blue States that Trump despises that won’t see any FEMA monies. Money will run dry pretty soon-especially after ALL the tornadoes hitting Red States who require help. Hurricanes-best of luck!
I highly doubt it.
TBD
Don’t be so sure of that. Trump got what he wanted out of them and is perfectly willing to throw them away. Just follow his past actions to see how they played out.
Yep!
His past actions all point to Red States being rewarded and Blue States coming under attack. Case in point: ICE raids… blue States targeted especially sanctuary cities in particular. Trump must still keep MAGA happy- helping Texas does that!
ICE raids are definitely going on here in Texas too. Texas farmers are losing their farms because they have no workers. I'm in Lubbock, TX and have seen several ICE raids in this city.
Going back up to the claim that Trump might not offer help to a red state. Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders begged for help. None came. www.snopes.com/news/2025/04...
Guessing Trump makes the final call if it’s a disaster or not.
Dump is too stupid and demented to care about anyone but himself.
So far, they’ve only provided resources for search and rescue/recovery of people. Economic recovery (rebuilding, moving out of floodplains, remapping of floodplains to reflect changes in rainfall events) is not guaranteed.
you can bet Texas insurance companies will be redrawing floodplain maps now.
Uvalde
The Power grid, this disaster. Health issues. And yet, like lemmings they keep voting R as if its a religion. What are they scared will happend if they vote D?
Because many are now Christian Evangelicals. They feel that it’s their calling to fulfill the Biblical prophecy of the End Times and subsequent Rapture, in which they will be absolved of their sins and Saved, thus securing their seat at God’s table. Ask Ted Cruz or Mike Johnson.
His wheel chair has more value.
Vote him out
…but thank god they still have their guns! 🤔
As long as the Texas government exists to enrich special interests, they are more a criminal enterprise than the people’s representatives. This has been true for many years. @dknight10k.bsky.social @davidcorn.bsky.social @unclecracker.bsky.social @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social @kenwhite.bsky.social
One THOUSAND percent.
Republicans are proud of their failures.
Right. But no one is condemning this administration! Chip Roy is on CNN right now being asked about it, and he fails to acknowledge that it’s because of this Clown 💩show of ass kissing pack of wolfs that is the now GOP’s responsibility!!!🤬But if it was a Democrat in charge, the hateful rhetoric….🤬
It’s only a failure if you are a Democrat.
Somebody needs to stand up for the victims. Abbott certainly won't.
Murderer on wheels
This is the message.
Why do they keep electing these people?
And now we’re in Hurricane Season! Musk has blood on his hands and Speaker Johnson let him gut those jobs
Bad habit Abbott is competing with Desantus and trump for the cruelty awards
All three are the same. Evil to the core.
The only way to wrap your head around people in government who are anti-government is to think that each one wants to be king of the universe.
A Red Ruby State of Texas with 2 Liars Hypocrites Senate GOP, lot of House GOP, Governor GOP & the Liar Racist Fascist Convicted Felon Criminal Taco Dictator Chicken Trump won the State are lying why they could not avoid all the Death by Failure of Trump & Abbott to prevent & avoid it!
Texas red voter apologists: "But Texas doesn't empower ghouls!"🤦 Oh well. Gonna be rough from now on. There'll be a story like this maybe once a year now. And nothing will change because nobody believes anyone wants this but SOMEHOW the same people keep getting voted in.
TX: Killing women through maternal neglect, now killing children.. It will be interesting to see the population trends in these MAGA militant state strongholds.
But it should be with broad access to abortion combined with highly supportive evidence-based options for women that do choose motherhood. No coercion. Better economic guarantees, fewer abortions, better citizens, less crime, more stable marriages/partnerships.
The problem is evidence-based. As in, they refuse to see or acknowledge the damn evidence.
Natural selection will do its thing. If not for draconian cuts to healthcare, we should be pushing family growth in blue areas. We should support larger families with more kids so they can raise them in a good environment and have more even numbers with conservative rates.
Well thankfully Trump sent DHS secretary Kristi Noem cause she knows how to handle these things, he gutted FEMA and NOAA so real experts aren't available
Did she wear a swimsuit?
No unfortunately, it was just the usual blaming others for old weather alert systems and that Trump will fix it.
Sadly with NOAA and FEMA being cut these tragedies are going to continue. I bet there’s not even a single mention from the admin.
The total was up to 32 lives lost. The cuts at the weather service employees were fired. It’s hurricane season until November. Florida is hurricanes central. Some residents haven’t recovered from last year hurricanes.
Many haven't recovered from the two hurricanes prior to last year. And the out of control property insurance companies are refusing to pay a significant number of what appear to be legitimate claims.
Some insurance companies left the state of Florida.
A LOT of companies left the state. I expect more will leave with the next storm here. I have had "Castle Key" for decades, and I'm just waiting to hear they're going to dump policies and leave. But rn, it's some of the smaller companies.
The highest level official in Kerr County was asked why they haven’t more flood protection and prevention. His answer was that people there don’t want to spend the money. So as is always the case in the US, the cheapest dumbasses with the biggest mouths set a form of “policy” that kills people.
It's also a failure of Republicans in Texas because they keep voting for Greg Abbott
Roller Hitler
Not a peep from Taco Don … no explanation for yet another disaster under his administration that should not have happened and cost American lives! Just like in Ohio last month and the impacts will keep increasing (just like gun violence) until those benefiting from these actions are held accountable
I remember the 2021 freeze. People died. They covered up consequences if there were any
"change a pattern change a result" *Parable of Long Spoons*
I can't make sense of this horrible tragedy in TX. I pray for all the souls. I'm a firm believer everything happens for a reason, like most people, but I can't make sense of this. When the felon was shot, they said it was a sign from God, How would they describe this tragedy? I can't see it!
And yet he’s been re-elected twice. I wish I had some sympathy left. But I don’t.
Not 'the massive', ANOTHER massive Texas government failure.
He needs to be wheeled into the sea.
Into the GULF OF MEXICO!
Unquestionably Darwinian
It’s what we continue to vote for in this state. Our children didn’t deserve this. The adults? Honestly they made the bed it’s unfortunate we all have to live in it.
But he owns the libs every so often and that’s all that matter to most of his supporters. Duh he he
They will offer thoughts and prayers, praise the first responders, scold anyone pushing for change and say this is not the time for politics. And then they will move on until the next avoidable tragedy without addressing the root causes.
I'm heartbroken 💔 for the children lost and missing. 🥹
Seems his brain is more crippled than his stupid body
Sorta karma at work I would say.
it’s difficult to have empathy for people who keep shooting themselves in the foot 🤷🏽♀️
Those children who are dead or missing did not shoot themselves in the foot. I feel a ton of empathy for them.
This is another Uvalde style fuck up.
Texas need new brooms. New brooms sweep clean. Florida, can use new brooms too.
Texas sucks
And every Republican state representative and state senator is included.
Eat shit Texas. These are your elected officials
It’s called science. It’s the best thing we have for predicting both weather & the effects of climate change. Had there not been extreme climate change denial in the USA & esp. Texas, everyone would’ve known that flood was coming. Keep denying climate change, America… consequences happen anyway.
Amen
Trump, Musk, and Abbott are all to blame.
It’s Uvalde all over again. The substance may be different, but the result is the same. Someone in authority exercised poor judgment about evacuation, it cost several lives and, yet again, they refuse to accept responsibility. 😢😔
Yup. Sounds like one official was out jogging and noticed it was hardly raining so everything was okay. 😞
I saw that too. I think he was the one they called the “City Manager” I believe of Kerrville. Did he say he was jogging at 3:30 in the morning? I caused me pause. Also what he said about the point of the converging rivers. And the bit about not wanting to wake people from their sleep. I thought WTF?
FAFO
They got what they voted for.
Yet Texas is soooo stupid that they continue to elect the piece of shit along with state politicians that are out to hurt the population instead of helping it. Fuck em. Enjoy the consequences.
many of us are feed up but somehow no matter that we vote for his opponents he just keeps getting re-elected , it need to stop is the gerrymandering the election probably being rigged in many ways or stolen!
This right here!
Voter suppression, gerrymandering, purging voter registrations, and tossing ballots.
exactly all of the above !
I dread the thought of hurricane season. People used to bitch and moan about FEMA. I am crossing my fingers for the many people of Florida who live in mobile homes.
Definitely not the first time. Winter Freeze 2021 was hell.
This entire administration is mismanaged and is causing deaths, fear, job loss, and a complete lack of decency. They make it very obvious that the regular folk don’t matter, more collateral damage. Entire GOP needs to be deeply cleansed.
Not to mention the 40,000+ “rape babies” that have happened since he said “there won’t be any rape” (thanks to his leadership….)
Revolution is coming
And Texas idiots will keep voting for the Republicans who've messed up for the last 4 decades. Idiocracy Incarnate.
Don't forget Uvalde.
https://youtu.be/QmbIQzggip8
Agreed. Things go to shit all the time in this state, and Republicans have controlled us for well over the last two decades. But if you notice it’s not the rich people suffering, it’s the most vulnerable. Yet, the ppl keep getting hoodwinked into believing what they say and not what we see.
Like this, you mean? kerrcountylead.com/trump-will-s...
Can we all go to cancun when the going gets rough?
He is bitter he has to exist in a wheelchair, so he is trying yo drag down others.
💯 & they keep voting for this asshole & Ted Cruz. The way Abbott was blowing smoke up 🍊💩 & Nioeme behinds at the press conference 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
Abbott Trump Pallister Smith
& yet, they want MAGA governance.
They can lay some blame on Trump, but this would have happened no matter who was in office. At least if it were someone else, there would be help on the way. Instead, you have grieving families who can't afford the funerals.
The storm didn’t care who was in what political office, however the loss of lives was 100% preventable.
Bootstraps, bitches. Fuck Texas
Ok, we all can agree that Greg Abbott is a 🍕💩 but a warning was given and ignored. Read the NYT timeline. Xtians think they're exempt by gawd from tragedy. They're never curious as to why there are so many fatal church bus crashes and church fires and tornado hits.🙄
Vote blue
It does appear to be a specialty
And yet they will probably vote him in again when the next election comes up. Talk about dumb as dirt!!
And hurricane season just started
Uvalde was another disaster.
I wouldn't be surprised if Abbott was installed like trumplethinskin 😒
Now Abbott is getting substantial help from Trump in ruining his people.
politicians pledge allegiance to Trump. Knowing he will turn on them in a second. DeSantis, was his bosom buddy at one time. If you aren’t in line with Trump’s agenda he will ruin their political careers. No sympathy from me.
Christian children being swept away. 💔😢
Noaa and fema slashed as well as the dod weather satellites cut on June 30
They know how many will die, they just don’t care
I've lived in Texas for close to 50 years and in all of that time I only voted for one Republican one time. I regret that. Otherwise I could say I've always voted Democrat. It was a vote for Governor Goodhair (Rick Perry) who was gonna win anyway.
Bbbbut he says NOW “we’ll use every resource available” to find the bodies!!!
Let me guess, the parents don’t blame Trump or Abbott
There will be consequences for the deaths of little girls, white, Christian little girls. May their families receive comfort for their unimaginable heartbreak.
I remember the winter the power went out. The electric grid failed them
People froze. It was terrible.
Like I told Greg, “ya gotta crawl before you walk.
Magats already blaming Biden.
"Ghouls" being the operative word here.
Texas getting what it voted for.
...& pansie ass Ted Cruz, of course
Yup. I remember when the power grid failed in February 2021 for THREE WEEKS and ppl died. Abbott is worthless.
And Texasss keeps re-electing these worthless POS's
Don’t think for one second that many of us Texans don’t want him gone.
I can imagine!
It wasn’t 3 weeks. It was several days. February 15-17, 2021. Power turned off in many areas to preserve grid. It wasn’t fun. More than 700 people died. A lot of solar and wind and storage batteries are now part of the grid (thanks to Biden). And lots of people have generators now.
I stand by my original post. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Hey everyone - there’s a lot of us in Texas trying hard to get rid of Abbott. Quit lumping us in with MAGA voters, please.
Oddly enough, couple of days ago I had a dream about being a jailer and Abbott got rolled in as a prisoner. I took all his stuff away, including his wheelchair (it could be used to make weapons) tossed him on the floor, & told him the shower was down the hall. He was crying. Still don't feel bad.
Texas certainly struggles to protect children of school age-that’s for sure!
They are already deflecting the blame to the Weather Service. They are good at messaging. We need to get better at it.
I have read that they are already deflecting the blame to the Weather Service instead of the funding cuts. They good at messaging. We are not. We need to get better.
We should message this EFFECTIVELY. Messaging is what they do well and us not so well. I have read that they are deflecting the blame to the Weather Service.
Why do they keep voting these people into office?
They continue to lie to their constituents. Politicians take their constituents for granted. Many constituents think like some of the politicians. Hopefully some will be voted out of office. Some will resign or won’t seek reelection. Too embarrassed to face their constituents. After the big bill.
By suppressing the votes of hispanic and black citizens
And it will only get worse.
FAFO is very real
They’re all murderers. Blood is on their hands.
This will be the reason rep🇷🇺blicans rally to defund NOAA/NWS so they can be privatized by tech broligarchs who will fuck the American people by making us PAY to get severe weather alerts. An NPR article said both those DOGE destroyed agencies notified Xhitter and Facebook of the impending floods.
There was NO MENTION OF MASS PHONE WEATHER ALERTS OR ALERTS FOR WEATHER RADIOS…why was that? Because Felon Moscowbitch wants Xhitter to be THE GO-TO NOTIFICATION SITE FOR ALL FEDERAL AGENCIES.
Accidents Happen. #Noviolence Just a fantasy. youtu.be/9DkySy18p0U?...
And if you're making light of/justifying these deaths, fix your fuckin' heart..
What happened in Texas was a tragedy that happened because people were hoodwinked to think that Russian Republicans were going to be better than Democrats running their state. The fact of the matter is that Republicans have never been able to govern for the people who voted for them. Plain & Simple!
R's care about power, more than governing.
It's what they voted for over decades. Republicans have been screwing these people forever.
Don’t forget Uvalde
This Admin.led by Abbott & AG PAXTON Criminality riddled mfers are taking Texas into the depths of Hell with their lack m of due diligence in all Facets of Govt! Psuedo govt officials throw them all out!!
And then Abbott expects others to support his purposeful mishandling.
Did Ted Cruz fly to Cancun yet?
My goodness…. So many shitty things have happened in Texas over the past 10 years that were exponentially worse due to government mismanagement. Republicans DO NOT KNOW how to govern.
We will start to see the ramifications of trump’s cuts to the National Weather Service and FEMA. With staff layoffs and reduced forecasting capabilities. Public safety during severe weather is not trump’s concern.
susankelley.substack.com/p/god-bless-...
Texas needs to consider an uprising... time for regime change.
Grover Norquist, who founded Americans for Tax Reform in 1985 at the urging of President Reagan, declared in 2001: “I don’t want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub.”
theconversation.com/the-shutdown...
Well that & the fact that #NOAA is defunded and the DoD isn't sharing weather info anymore...
