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In his initial post, Mr Boyd said people waiting in their homes to have their power restored were “lazy” and said that the “strong will survive and the weak will [perish].” But residents in the region were anything but lazy; residents had banned together to help support each other by walking through the snow to deliver supplies. Others had opened up their private wells to provide water for those who had lost services. Mr Boyd’s tirade toward people he thinks are “too lazy to get up and fend for themselves” blamed the “socialist government” and peoples’ the failings he sees in society.

It was not immediately clear which government Mr Boyd was referring to, since he led the local government and Republicans under Donald Trump ran the country for the last four years.

Texas’ inability to provide uninterrupted utility service to millions of residents is largely due to the state’s decision to operate its own power grid in an effort to dodge federal regulation.

By Tuesday, at least 10 people had died from the winter storms in the state. Another winter storm is expected to hit the region on Wednesday.