In yet another desperate attempt to politicize tragedy, prominent Democrats and their media allies are now blaming President Trump — and his “Big, Beautiful Bill” — for the deadly flash floods that struck Central Texas over the July 4th weekend. The floods, which caused the Guadalupe River to rise more than 30 feet in a matter of hours, left at least 80 dead and devastated entire communities.
But while families grieved and first responders raced to save lives, the Left wasted no time spinning a false narrative — this time accusing Trump and Republican leadership of “gutted” staffing at the National Weather Service (NWS), supposedly leaving Texans unprepared.
ABC’s George Stephanopoulos took the lead, claiming on-air that “there were significant staffing shortfalls to the National Weather Service’s offices in the region.” The implication was crystal clear: Trump’s policies — not mother nature — were to blame.
That claim has now been thoroughly debunked.
Greg Waller, a senior hydrologist with the NWS West Gulf River Forecast Center in Fort Worth, pushed back hard against the narrative. “The NWS forecasting offices were operating normally at the time of the disaster,” Waller told *Politico*. “We had adequate staffing. We had adequate technology.” He added, “This was us doing our job to the best of our abilities.”
Translation: The system worked exactly as it should. But Democrats, ever hungry for a talking point, chose to exploit a tragedy to attack President Trump — facts be damned.
Even the National Weather Service Employees Organization confirmed that the agency was properly staffed during the event. Tom Fahy, the group’s legislative director, told *The Texas Tribune* that personnel were fully equipped to issue “timely forecasts and warnings before and during the emergency.”
Dr. Ryan Maue, a former NOAA chief scientist and respected meteorologist, was even more blunt. Slamming Stephanopoulos’s narrative on X (formerly Twitter), Maue called it “grotesque misinformation,” adding, “NWS in Texas had extra staff on duty and did their jobs admirably, as always.”
Maue didn’t stop there. In a follow-up post, he called out the ghoulish behavior of Democrats and leftist media outlets exploiting a natural disaster for political gain. “Blaming the National Weather Service or politicians for natural disasters needs to stop regardless of the party,” he wrote. “It is lowest common denominator thinking.”
And when Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer joined the pile-on, accusing NWS offices of “delays, gaps, or diminished accuracy,” Maue fired back again: “Gross.”
Let’s be honest — this is classic Leftist playbook. When things go wrong, never let a crisis go to waste. Deflect. Distract. Blame Trump. And if that means slandering hardworking meteorologists who spent the weekend trying to save lives? So be it.
What’s truly “gross” is that while President Trump was busy fighting for border security and American jobs with his historic immigration and infrastructure bills, the Left was spinning a lie that’s now been blown apart by actual experts.
Texans deserve answers, support, and recovery — not cheap political attacks from the coastal elite class and their media cronies.
