Gov Greg Abbott slammed for calling ‘blame’ questions over deadly Texas flood ‘the word choice of losers’

HUNT, TEXAS: Texas Governor Greg Abbott found himself in hot water as he offered a bizarre football analogy to explain why he won't entertain questions about who is 'to blame’ for the devastating floods that ravaged his home state.

Following a helicopter tour of the flood-stricken disaster areas, the Republican governor spoke to reporters and delivered updates on ongoing search and recovery efforts from the devastating flooding in Kerr County.

During the press conference, Abbott also reported that 110 people were confirmed dead and 161 were still missing following the flash flood that began early on the morning of July 4 after the Guadalupe River burst its banks as a deadly storm dumped 12 inches of rain on the Texas Hill Country.

Greg Abbott offers football analogy to questions about who is 'to blame’ for floods

The 67-year-old governor’s press conference took a heated turn when a reporter asked him if there would be an investigation into “who is to blame” for the deadly floods, which include a lack of state and local spending on flood control measures and warning systems.

In response, Abbott said asking about blame was “the word choice of losers,” and then went on to deliver a bizarre football analogy.

“Know this: that’s the word choice of losers. Let me explain one thing about Texas, and that is Texas—every square inch of our state—cares about football,” he replied.

“You could be in Hunt, Texas, Huntsville, Texas, Houston, Texas—any size community that cares about football, high school, Friday night lights, college football, or pro.”

“And know this: every football team makes mistakes. 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 going to make sure that we go score again, that we’re going to win this game,’” Abbott added.

The governor maintained that to “point fingers” is not something that “winners” do. “They talk about solutions. What Texas is all about is solutions," he stated.

Greg Abbott pushes against calls for investigation into NWS staff and emergency warning system

During the conference, Greg Abbott confirmed that the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature will launch an investigation into the flash floods in Central Texas and will discuss how to prevent their recurrence when state lawmakers meet for a special session later this month.

However, he and other prominent Republicans are opposing calls from critics to investigate into issues like the lack of emergency warning systems along the Guadalupe River or vacant staff jobs at National Weather Service facilities in Texas.

Representative Chip Roy, a Republican who represents the devastated area, on Monday stated that “finger pointing generally is just offensive when you’re dealing with trying to find bodies, and trying to deal with families grieving.”

A similar reprimand was given by Senator Ted Cruz, who chastized those who were “trying to blame their political opponents for a natural disaster.”

The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, also rebuked critics for raising questions about the administration’s efforts to shrink federal disaster agencies.

Internet slams Greg Abbott for his response to ‘blame’ questions over deadly Texas flood

Greg Abbott’s response to ‘blame’ questions over deadly Texas flood angered many internet users, with one saying “109 people dead and he’s making football analogies and you expect me to take this party seriously.”

“Did he really just compare people dying to football,” a second user pointed out. “Huh? Was he talking about the Rose Bowl or a tragedy that's taken the lives of over a hundred people with well over a hundred more still missing?” the third user mocked.

“Don't fall for it. Weak leaders do not take accountability for their mistakes,” the fourth user slammed.

“Ok, wheels, you were in the blame game just the other day,” the fifth user hammered while the sixth user commented, “100's are dead and we are using football analogies? WTF is wrong with these tone deaf people?”

“Ah yes…nothing says leadership like comparing a disaster to a football fumble and calling it a win,” another one wrote.

“Lol That's exactly the kind of rhetoric I would expect one of the people responsible to say,” one more commented.

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