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Jordan Collins

‘This was an act of God’: Trump administration avoids accountability for deaths in Texas floods by blaming the big guy upstairs

The Trump administration and accountability are two things that rarely go hand in hand. The Republicans are always looking for scapegoats whether it’s the Democrats, or immigrants, or in this case, God, they always have someone or something else to blame.

When addressing the failure to send out flood warnings to the people of Texas in adequate time, White House spokeswoman, Karoline Leavitt shifted the blame from the government to the lord himself as she told reporters that the heavy rainfall and resulting destruction was an act of God.

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