Texas Republican Now Regrets Voting Against Disaster Plan

Tuesday, July 08, 2025

[State Rep. Wes] Virdell's closeup view of the havoc wreaked on his district has made a lasting impression, he said, and left him reconsidering a vote he made just a few months ago against a bill that would have established a statewide plan to improve Texas' disaster response ...

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"Why don't we all agree to blame the greedy oil executives and billionaire authoritarians trying to kill science and stop the flow of information in order to line their own pockets, at the expense of the planet and people's lives?" @lebassett.bsky.social asks. www.laura-bassett.com/p/texas-repu ...

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So what. The guy will get re-elected, probably with 70% or more of the votes. His constituents will have their heads so full of all things illegal immigration that they will have long forgotten about 300 dead at the hands of MAGA GOP politicians ...

#1 | Posted by catdog at 2025-07-08 08:04 PM | Reply

It's like Trump just now realizing Putin's been playing him. Uhhh duh. Just like we've been telling you...

#2 | Posted by zarnon at 2025-07-09 04:41 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Democrats: "We will help and protect you."
Republicans: "We will only pray for you."
Texans: "Drrr...I will vote Republican."

#3 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-07-09 09:55 AM | Reply

@#7 ... This one sentence from him sums up the GOP pretty well. The party has spent decades demonizing learning and expertise.
Experts on the topic develop a plan. Republicans vote against because they think they know better than the people who designed the plan. Republicans later act shocked to learn that the experts actually knew what they were talking about. ...

Yup.

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-09 12:21 PM | Reply

I always like to think the voters will remember stuff like this, next election.
I am perpetually disappointed.

They say a cynic is just a disappointed optimist.

#5 | Posted by morris at 2025-07-09 08:13 PM | Reply

Gop never understands until it's personal. Otherwise we're sol.

#6 | Posted by fresno500 at 2025-07-10 10:32 AM | Reply