Katie Britt slams Democrats for ‘deranged’ Trump attacks after Texas floods: ‘Their toxicity is not normal’
Alabama U.S. Sen. Katie Britt criticized Democrats for what she said was their politicizing of the catastrophic Texas flooding that occurred last week.
Britt said “there will be time” later to investigate how more than 100 people were killed in the tragedy.
Britt, appearing on Fox News’ “Hannity,” said the questions are a symptom of “Trump derangement syndrome.”
“The fact that Democrats want to find some way to make this about Donald Trump, to take this moment and make this political, it’s got to stop,” Britt said.
“This nation has to heal, and behavior like this, and antics like this, have no place in America.”
Britt was responding to critics of the Trump Administration who have asked questions about how the flooding response may have been affected by cuts earlier this year to the National Weather Service, and also the response on the ground by the Federal Emergency Management Agency following the disaster.
Independent meteorologists and a former NWS official said warnings issued in the run-up to the flooding were about as timely and accurate as could be expected based on the data, according to NBC News.
New York Sen. Chuck Schumer has demanded an investigation by the Commerce Department’s acting inspector general “into the scope, breadth, and ramifications of whether staffing shortages at key local National Weather Service (NWS) stations contributed to the catastrophic loss of life and property during the deadly flooding,” according to The New York Times.
Texas officials yesterday said Tuesday more than 160 people remain unaccounted for after flooding on the Guadalupe River on July 4.
One of the victims, Sarah Marsh of Mountain Brook, was attending Camp Mystic, a Christian retreat near Hunt in Kerr County. Britt mentioned her, as well as Mobile couple Eddie Santana Sr., 69, and his wife, Ileana, 66, who are missing along with their daughter-in-law and granddaughter.
“I think what these families need are our prayers, our compassion, our love and support,” she said.
Britt said those who would criticize should instead lift up victim’s families, saying there will be investigations into what happened.
“I hope that every one of them have said these awful, deranged things look in the mirror and realize that’s not who we are,” she said.
“We’ve got to be human beings. Not everything has to be political. There will be time for us to figure out how we can do better, and do more, and prevent these tragedies in the future. And what they don’t realize is their toxicity is not normal, and it is not something we should tolerate in the United States of America,” Britt said.
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