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Why must we blame Trump, Greg Abbott, and Dan Patrick for the Guadalupe River flood drownings? [1]
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Date: 2025-07-13
To ensure the drowning massacre does not happen again, Trump, Texas Governor Greg Abbott, and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick must be blamed and voted out of office for their dereliction.
Blame Trump, Greg Abbott, and Dan Patrick.
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The devastating flood deaths along the Guadalupe River Valley represent a preventable tragedy caused by systemic political negligence. Governor Greg Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, and former President Donald Trump bear direct responsibility for the deaths of 110+ Texans through their deliberate cuts to emergency preparedness funding, weather monitoring systems, and infrastructure safety measures. While flash floods are natural events, the resulting deaths constitute a “manmade disaster” that could have been prevented with proper government investment in warning systems and emergency preparedness.
Local authorities repeatedly requested state funding for flood warning systems: The mayor of Kerrville and other municipalities had previously sought grants from the state government to install sirens and emergency warning systems similar to those successfully implemented in Comfort, Texas, but these requests were denied by state leadership.
The mayor of Kerrville and other municipalities had previously sought grants from the state government to install sirens and emergency warning systems similar to those successfully implemented in Comfort, Texas, but these requests were denied by state leadership. Trump administration deliberately restricted critical weather data access : The Trump administration made data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program unavailable to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other organizations, severely compromising hurricane and weather prediction capabilities.
: The Trump administration made data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program unavailable to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other organizations, severely compromising hurricane and weather prediction capabilities. Republican leadership prioritized tax cuts over public safety : Abbott and Patrick chose to preserve tax benefits for wealthy constituents rather than invest in flood mitigation infrastructure, directly contributing to preventable deaths.
: Abbott and Patrick chose to preserve tax benefits for wealthy constituents rather than invest in flood mitigation infrastructure, directly contributing to preventable deaths. The state possessed advanced warning capabilities but failed to act: Weather servic es knew about the convergence of tropical storm systems over Mexico moving into central Texas, providing sufficient time for a proper emergency response if adequate warning systems had been in place.
es knew about the convergence of tropical storm systems over Mexico moving into central Texas, providing sufficient time for a proper emergency response if adequate warning systems had been in place. Current emergency response represents political theater – Abbott and Patrick’s promises to implement warning systems and conduct extensive body searches only after the tragedy demonstrate their awareness of what should have been done preventively.
The video exposes a fundamental betrayal of the government’s primary responsibility to protect its citizens. Republican leadership in Texas has systematically dismantled the very infrastructure designed to save lives during natural disasters, choosing instead to prioritize ideological posturing and fiscal policies that benefit the wealthy at the expense of public safety. This represents a clear case of political malpractice that demands accountability through the electoral process.
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