The Texas Floods: Tragedy Drowned in Political Opportunism

The Deadly Night on the Guadalupe While Americans lit fireworks and toasted “freedom,” a wall of water tore through central Texas. Meteorological factors converged in a catastrophic overnight storm that heaved the Guadalupe River up 34 feet in 90 minutes. Neighborhoods and camps along the banks were obliterated. Among the victims were twenty-seven girls at a Christian summer camp, their lives ended before dawn. At the time of writing, 109 deaths are confirmed. Many more remain missing. Enter the Political Gravediggers Even as rescuers sifted through wreckage and pulled bodies from the mud, Washington’s professional blame-casters were already in action. Senator Chuck Schumer fired off a letter pinning the catastrophe on Trump-era budget cuts to the National Weather Service. Representative…