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Texas flooding: City of Houston issues statement on former board member's comments

HOUSTON, TEXAS, JUL 6 – Houston Mayor John Whitmire permanently removes Sade Perkins from the Food Insecurity Board after racially charged TikTok comments about Camp Mystic amid a flood killing 82 people.

  • Sade Perkins, a former Houston Food Insecurity Board member, posted a TikTok video criticizing Camp Mystic after deadly floods in Kerr County, Texas, in early July 2025.
  • Perkins accused Camp Mystic of being a whites-only, conservative Christian camp and claimed media coverage would differ if missing girls were Hispanic.
  • The July floods resulted in at least 80 fatalities, among them more than twenty children from Camp Mystic, while rescue teams have managed to save upwards of 850 people.
  • Houston Mayor John Whitmire condemned Perkins' comments as deeply inappropriate, stating she will not be reappointed and is being removed permanently from the board.
  • Perkins' remarks sparked community outrage and grief amid the flood's tragedy, prompting official responses and a public distancing by her partner, Reverend Colin Bossen.
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KRIV broke the news in on Sunday, July 6, 2025.
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