As the Death Toll Rises in Texas, Democrats Choose

The tragic information out of Texas continues to worsen as the death toll from a flash flood has risen to 51, including at least 15 youngsters. Over two dozen ladies from a summer time camp in the space stay unaccounted for, with the search-and-rescue effort persevering with in the night time. Sadly, the probabilities of discovering more people alive diminish by the hour, and the scenario is probably going to turn out to be even more heartbreaking over the next few days. 

Having youthful youngsters myself, I merely cannot fathom what the impacted households are going through. My prayers are with them, and I can proceed to hope for more people to be discovered alive. Certainly, this is just not a time to strive to take ghoulish political jabs based mostly on what has occurred, and given the unpreventable nature of a flash flood, I’d argue there’ll never be a time for that. 

Unfortunately, a number of Democrats have determined to eschew any empathy in pursuit of egocentric partisan gain. Ron Filipowski, editor of the left-wing outlet Meidas Touch, posted this on Saturday. 

The people in Texas voted for authorities companies managed by Donald Trump and Greg Abbott. That is strictly what they getting.

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) July 5, 2025

It takes a really rotten soul to handwave away the deaths of youngsters as the deserved final result of daring to vote for Donald Trump and Greg Abbott. Further, as I wrote in a prior piece, there may be no evidence that finances cuts at the National Weather Service (NWS) performed a function in the forecasting of this occasion. There was a 12-hour early flood watch in impact, and a 3-hour early flash flood warning was issued. 

Yet, the concept that the NWS was “gutted” and led to this final result is turning into a predominant theme among Democrats. 

Trump takes zero duty for his cuts to the National Weather Service pic.twitter.com/RGZbwClVAq

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) July 5, 2025

Trump & Musk gutted the National Weather Service. The consequence was predictable: A nasty forecast main to the death of youngsters in a horrific flood. https://t.co/OCqTwRSsGi

— Senator Scott Wiener (@Scott_Wiener) July 5, 2025

It’s fairly clear that Trump’s cuts to @NOAA contributed to dozens of deaths in Texas from a under reported on tropical storm. https://t.co/5ReAVmXF22

— Rachel Bitecofer 🗽🦆 (@RachelBitecofer) July 5, 2025

To be clear, the “cuts” being cited usually are not only minimal and goal bloat, not efficient companies, but they don’t go into impact until October. As for any prior workers cuts (NOAA was in the course of of cutting 10 % of its workers), there may be likewise no evidence that those hampered the forecasting of this occasion. Yet, even a California state senator is repeating the lie because he believes it helps him politically. The NWS might have a trillion-dollar finances, and it will have put out the similar forecast. 

To the extent that the quantity of rain was not predicted, it’s not attainable to know precisely how a lot will fall when a system stalls out over a particular space, which is what occurred right here. The similar factor occurred when Hurricane Harvey sat on prime of Houston for a number of days in 2017. The authorities is just not magic. It cannot repair every scenario. It cannot foretell every tragedy so as to stop it. Certainly, it may’t control the climate. To faux it may for political gain, spitting on the deaths of youngsters in the course of, is evil.