Wow! GOP Leaders Panic on Live TV Over Trump Failures
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Why are MAGA Republicans panicking over Trump’s cuts to NOAA and FEMA after the Texas floods?
MAGA Mike Johnson and the other MAGA Republicans were making complete fools of themselves over the weekend, as they were not sure how to deal with the fact that the Trump regime cut massive amounts of funding and resources from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration , which also runs the NWS, the National Weather Service, And as the Trump regime has called for the elimination of FEMA, given the disastrous flooding that we saw in Kerr County, Texas, with an unthinkable and unimaginable death toll, the MAGA Republicans, one by one, basically give the response they give with horrific school shootings. thoughts and prayers. We should be happy and glad that it wasn't worse than this. And our thoughts and prayers, we're really helpless.
There's nothing that we could have done. What kind of response is this? Oh, and then by the way, the White House puts out a press release saying, this is now a national day of prayer. We're all praying, pray, pray, pray. Look, if you want to pray, that's great. But can we fund the government to do the work? You know, the main meteorologist coordinator from that area and like five other positions right around that area in Kerr County, Texas, in Kerrville, were forced out by Doge. Did you know that? Did you know that lots of meteorologists have been warning that exactly these types of things could happen? I've been highlighting them here now for months and months and months. And the Trump regime has called for eliminating FEMA.
And they keep saying, let Texas run the show. Let Texas can handle it. The states are leading in wool, of course, provide support. That's not the way it's supposed to work. The feds are supposed to take leadership and let people know where to be pre-positioned and actually do things. That's why we have a federal government. What are we doing here? Here's MAGA Mike Johnson saying, in a moment like this, we're just helpless. We're just helpless. Here, play this clip.
State and federal resources have just poured into that area. Is there anything more that can be done congressionally, legislatively to help these folks?
In a moment like this, we feel just as helpless as everyone else does. I've talked to my colleagues there in Texas, Chip Roy and August Fluger, whose families, that's Chip's district. August's daughters were at the camp. We also had Betty Carter of Georgia had grandchildren there. It touches so many families, and all we know to do at this moment is pray. Every available resource has been deployed. The president, of course, is dialed in and watching this develop moment by moment as we are. And we'll handle supplemental funding requests as they come in. But right now, they're still trying to do rescue and recovery, and our hearts go out to all of them.
How about you don't fire all of the scientists and the experts? Maybe we start with that. It's something.
What did GOP leaders say about the federal response and “prayers” during the Kerr County disaster?
How are how is the regime how we tolerate that they're getting rid of weather forecasting? Anyway, here's MAGA Republican Senator John Cornyn from Texas saying that he has conflicting feelings about this. conflicting feelings? What feelings could be conflicting? This is a unmitigated tragedy, a catastrophe. Here, play this clip.
This is so unfathomable. It's really hard to get your arms around this. You're a Texan. You live there. These are your constituents. What are you hearing, seeing, and feeling in Texas this morning?
Well, it's a very sad time, but it's also a time when 850 plus campers were were accounted for and recovered. I talked to a friend of mine who is a former colleague of yours in the House of Representatives who had two daughters there and they had just gotten home late yesterday afternoon. And of course, they were traumatized by the whole event, but they were just beside themselves. with joy that they had recovered their children. But tragically, as you point out, there are 27 campers, these young girls, still missing. And this was a 100-year flood event in an area that had been known to flood, but nothing like this, where the floodwaters rose 26 feet in about 45 minutes in the middle of the night.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why are MAGA Republicans panicking over Trump’s cuts to NOAA and FEMA after the Texas floods?
0:00–2:48
2
What did GOP leaders say about the federal response and “prayers” during the Kerr County disaster?
2:48–5:41
3
How did the flood’s impact on families and missing campers shape the political narrative?
5:41–8:57
4
What are the “tariff letters” and why did Kevin Hassett claim 90 deals in 90 days?
8:57–11:22
5
Why does the Trump administration claim 147,000 new jobs while private ADP data shows a loss?
11:22–14:47
6
How did the claim that China has no windmills influence the GOP’s energy policy stance?
14:47–17:09
7
What do independent budget analysts say about the projected $3‑$5 trillion impact of the new tax bill on the deficit?
17:09–20:46
8
How did Fox News handle the false claim about a guest killing Americans and what was the correction?
20:46–23:02