President Joseph Biden immediately provided emergency assistance to Texas after the recent winter storm damages and ensuing power failure of Texas’ electrical grid.
What was Texas’ Republican Governor, Greg Abbott’s response to this almost instantaneous provision of emergency relief? Was he grateful? Was he supportive?
No. He decided to be a jackass.
As reported by USA Today:
President Joe Biden signed a major disaster declaration for Texas, the White House announced Saturday, after a winter storm left much of the state facing power and water shortages, in a move Gov. Greg Abbott characterized as only a “partial” approval of his request for federal assistance.Abbot requested the disaster declaration Thursday, seeking individual and public assistance for all 254 counties in Texas. Though Biden approved public assistance for all those counties, his declaration provides individual assistance for 77 of them, according to a press release from Abbot’s office.
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Just so it’s clear, this sterling representative of a Republican “personal responsibility” ethic was whining because a Democratic administration actually took the time to conduct a county-by-county analysis of need on the part of Texans in order to distribute much-needed emergency funds.
“I thank President Biden for his assistance as we respond to impacts of winter weather across our state. While this partial approval is an important first step, Texas will continue to work with our federal partners to ensure all eligible Texans have access to the relief they need,” Abbott said in the release. “The funds provided under the Major Disaster Declaration may provide crucial assistance to Texans as they begin to repair their homes and address property damage.”
Note that it wasn’t the colossal failure of the state’s power grid. It was “the impacts of winter weather.” But thanks for the “partial approval.” We’ll be looking for more from our “federal partners,” which “may provide” crucial assistance to Texans.
So hey, thanks, that “may provide” some help to us. ‘Course, we could have done it all on our own if we had to. Uh-huh. …