US EditionGov. Greg Abbott Will Prioritize Flood Issues in the Upcoming Special Session
KERR COUNTY, TEXAS, JUL 8 – Governor Abbott rejects blame-focused inquiries after Kerr County flood caused over 110 deaths and 161 missing, highlighting tensions over National Weather Service forecast accuracy and preparedness.
- On July 8, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott spoke in Hunt, Texas, about the deadly floods in Central Texas that resulted in more than 110 fatalities.
- The floods followed heavy rains that caused the Guadalupe River to flood, and local officials had rejected previous proposals for a flood-warning system due to cost concerns.
- Abbott likened the handling of the flood situation to a football match, acknowledging that mistakes happen on every team, and emphasized the importance of concentrating on finding solutions rather than assigning blame, as over 160 individuals remained unaccounted for.
- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called for an investigation into why the community was not warned sooner of "dangerously high floodwaters," while Republican leaders dismissed blame and cited staffing cuts at weather agencies as unrelated.
- Abbott announced that investigative committees in the Texas Legislature would review the flood response during a special session scheduled for July 21, highlighting recovery efforts amid ongoing questions about warning systems.
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Greg Abbott Compares Deadly Flood That’s Killed Over 100 to Being Down at the Halftime of a Football Game
“The losing teams are the ones that try to point out who’s to blame. The championship teams are the ones that say, ‘Don’t worry about it, man. We got this. We’re gonna make sure that we go score again.”
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Greg Abbott gives football analogy when asked who is to blame Texas floods deaths
Watch as Greg Abbott delivers a strange football analogy when he is questioned over who is to blame for the death toll in the Texas floods, which currently stands at over 100. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday (8 July), the Republican governor took issue with a reporter who asked if there would be an investigation into “who is to blame”, calling it the “word choice of losers”. He said: “Every football team makes mistakes, the losing team…
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