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applegrove

(133,105 posts)
Tue Jul 8, 2025, 06:36 PM Jul 2025

Abbott questioned about who's to blame says: That's the "word choice of losers"

DESPICABLE: Gov. Abbott Jabs Those Asking ‘Who’s to Blame’ for Texas Tragedy: That’s the ‘Word Choice of Losers’. GOP Gov Abbott does not believe the parents who lost children have a right to know who was responsible for their deaths. www.mediaite.com/media/tv/gov...

Dean Obeidallah (@deanobeidallah.bsky.social) 2025-07-08T22:34:11.740Z
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wcmagumba

(6,636 posts)
1. Abbot apparently sees the parents and families of the dead kids as "losers", ala rump...sick...
Tue Jul 8, 2025, 06:39 PM
Jul 2025

SWBTATTReg

(26,401 posts)
4. Since he was the leader of TX, its his sole responsibility that this happened. Period. He's trying to shift the blame.
Tue Jul 8, 2025, 06:50 PM
Jul 2025

Don't let him or his thugs either.

Scrivener7

(60,074 posts)
6. Because when hundreds are killed in a storm and hundreds more are missing, that's the time to
Tue Jul 8, 2025, 06:53 PM
Jul 2025

take the classic stance of a challenged middle-schooler.

Wait till a hurricane hits. He'll pull out the big guns and say, "Nyah, nyah, nyah."

SunImp

(2,720 posts)
7. Whoever was running the county & choose not to install sirens should be blamed
Tue Jul 8, 2025, 06:55 PM
Jul 2025

When nearby counties installed flood sirens, Kerr County did not. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick now says state could do it. - CBS Texas https://share.google/7hWirs3AkP2PNtoQx

Initech

(109,269 posts)
11. Greg Abbott is hands down the worst governor in the country.
Tue Jul 8, 2025, 07:52 PM
Jul 2025

How this POS still has a job is beyond me. Fuck him and his stupid news network!

JPK

(997 posts)
12. Because...
Tue Jul 8, 2025, 08:09 PM
Jul 2025

They are in the loving arms of Jesus. So what is all the angst about? The parents should be happy.

Jack Valentino

(5,252 posts)
14. "BLAME" was always the GQP's top word of choice when
Tue Jul 8, 2025, 10:22 PM
Jul 2025

Biden or Obama were in charge....


Republican politicians are certainly the class most lacking in "self-awareness"---

or to put it more bluntly, they are the biggest fucking LIARS in the UNIVERSE!!!!

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