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Ramon Antonio Vargas

Texas pediatrician ‘no longer employed’ after post about pro-Trump flood victims

rescue workers sit in a raft
Search teams continue searching for flood victims in the aftermath of deadly flooding in Kerr county, Texas, on 7 July 2025. Photograph: Sergio Flores/Reuters

A pediatrician for a chain of clinics affiliated with a prominent Houston hospital system is “no longer employed” there, according to officials, after a social media account associated with her published a post wishing voters in a Donald Trump-supporting county of Texas “get what they voted for” amid flash flooding that killed more than 100 people, including many children.

“We were made aware of a social media comment from one of our physicians,” read a statement from Blue Fish Pediatrics circulated late Sunday. “The individual is no longer employed by Blue Fish Pediatrics.”

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