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The death toll in the tragic Texas floods over the weekend keeps rising,
yet leftist politicians and the mainstream media wasted no time in
politicizing the heartbreak and trying to pin blame for the natural
event on Donald Trump and his administration.
They blame everything from DOGE to cuts to the National Weather Service
to budget reductions at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), but as RedState’s Bonchie points out, most of
those cuts haven’t even taken effect yet, and their predictions wouldn't
have changed no matter how high their funding.
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But this second Trump administration is a different beast, and they’re
not taking things like this lying down. The Department of Homeland
Security blasted the media in a series of Sunday posts and accused the
biased press of outright lying:
Homeland Security
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The mainstream media is deliberately lying about the events leading up
to the catastrophic flooding in Texas.
The National Weather Service executed timely, precise forecasting and
warnings, despite unprecedented rainfall overwhelming the region.
Here is the timeline of NWS’s Show more
Here is the timeline of NWS’s proactive response:
There are at least 12 subsequent posts by the department proving that
they did in fact send out numerous warnings about the potential dangers
ahead. Click on the above tweet to read the entire thread, but here are
just a few examples:
Homeland Security
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Morning, July 3rd: NWS Austin/San Antonio conducts forecast briefings
for emergency management, flagging flash flood risks. 3:28 PM · Jul 6,
2025
Homeland Security
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Jul 6, 2025
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Replying to @DHSgov
1:14 AM, July 4th: Flash Flood Warning with “Considerable” tag issued
for Bandera and Kerr Counties, triggering Wireless Emergency Alerts
(WEAs) and NOAA Weather Radio notifications. Homeland Security
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4:03 AM, July 4th: Flash Flood Warning upgraded to Flash Flood Emergency
for south-central Kerr County, including Hunt. 3:28 PM · Jul 6, 2025
Homeland Security
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Jul 6, 2025
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Replying to @DHSgov
5:00 AM, July 4th: National Water Center warns of widespread
considerable and catastrophic flooding. Homeland Security
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5:34 AM, July 4th: Flash Flood Emergency issued for the Guadalupe River, signaling a “large and deadly flood wave.” 3:28 PM · Jul 6, 2025
DHS said the National Weather Service actually did its job:
"The National Weather Service executed timely, precise forecasting and warnings, despite unprecedented rainfall overwhelming the region," it continued.
The agency also provided a timeline of the National Weather Service's "proactive response" to the storm beginning on Thursday morning.
"The National Weather Service provided over 12 hours of advance notice
via the Flood Watch and over 3 hours of lead time for Flash Flood
Warnings, with escalated alerts as the storm intensified," DHS wrote.
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This is an awful story, and like Bonchie, I’m heartbroken as a parent to contemplate the unimaginable pain the families of the victims are
feeling at this time. There will be investigations, and reports, and
studies to determine how this could have been better prevented, but this
moment is not the time to throw out conjecture, uncorroborated theories
and unfounded allegations.
Blaming the Trump administration for cuts that supposedly kneecapped our warning systems is a fool’s game, because as the DHS points out, the
warnings went out. There are still questions to be answered about what
happened next, but in the meantime, the media should stop throwing out
baseless speculation when the waters haven’t even receded yet.
Updated 7/6 11:35 p.m. ET: Utah GOP Sen. Mike Lee had something to say
about it:
Mike Lee
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They’re not journalists
They’re activists
Americans know this—now more than ever
Homeland Security
@DHSgov
The mainstream media is deliberately lying about the events leading up
to the catastrophic flooding in Texas.
The National Weather Service executed timely, precise forecasting and
warnings, despite unprecedented rainfall overwhelming the region.
Here is the timeline of NWS’s
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2025/07/06/dhs-says-mainstream-media-deliber ately-lying-in-coverage-of-events-leading-up-to-catastrophic-tx-flood-n21
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