Exclusive: President Biden says Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick delayed federal Beryl aid

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Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick are assholes who hate Houston because it is very very blue.

Set forth below is a free copy of the Houston Chronicle article that is not subject to paywall

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President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the federal government had to delay distribution of emergency relief supplies, including power generators, after Hurricane Beryl hit Texas because the White House could not reach state leaders to get the major disaster declaration request needed to release them.

Biden’s comments come as Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is serving as acting governor while Greg Abbott is on an economic development trip in Asia. The president said in an exclusive interview with the Houston Chronicle that he had been trying to “track down” the governor to get the necessary requests to release the federal aid, which includes manpower and supplies.

A White House spokesperson said officials tried to reach Abbott and Patrick multiple times. Abbott’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

“I've been trying to track down the governor to see — I don't have any authority to do that without a specific request from the governor,” Biden said. The president said he called “immediately” to get a disaster declaration request from the state, but did not connect with Patrick until Tuesday afternoon, when he ultimately issued the declaration. He did not provide more details on his attempts to connect with Abbott or Patrick. .....

The governor has been out of the country since Saturday. He was in South Korea on Tuesday, where he met with Samsung executives and toured a semiconductor facility. It is part of a week-long economic development trip, planned well before the storm, that also includes stops in Taiwan and Japan.

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1. AWOL Abbott

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2. Unspeakable dereliction of duty.

But who would expect anything better from human garbage like Abbott and Patrick?

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3. Not one bit surprised.

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4. Abbott in East Asia during entirety of Hurricane Beryl for economic trip

Greg and the GOP really hate Houston/Harris County

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https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/abbott-in-east-asia-during-entirety-of-hurricane-beryl-for-economic-trip#

AUSTIN, Texas — As the worst of Hurricane Beryl hit the Houston metroplex, flooding several areas of Texas' biggest city, Gov. Greg Abbott celebrated his overseas trip in East Asia, missing the entirety of the historic hurricane that traveled into Texas.

Gov. Abbott left on Friday for an eight-day trip to Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan, in an effort to promote Texas' economic opportunities in East Asia. The same day he left, Texas issued disaster declarations for 40 counties across the state, leaving Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the state's second-in-command, in charge.

On Monday, Abbott assured Texans on social media that he "remain[ed] in regular contact with [the Texas Department of Emergency Management] & state officials."

Earlier that day, Gov. Abbott shared a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, after a "very productive afternoon in Seoul." The post, shared in the early morning hours in local Texas time, was criticized for its poor timing by some on social media.,....

"If his first priority was being Governor of Texas, he would be here during a Category One hurricane in the largest city in the state," Scott Braddock, the editor of the Quorum Report, a Texas political newsletter, said. "But his ambition seems to be national and global. He wants to be on the world stage right now."

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5. Greg is an idiot and does not care about Houston/Harris County

It was stupid for Greg to post this today

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6. He doesn't - but this hit Matagorda, Galveston & Brazoria

before hitting Houston. The point is not that Abbott just hates Houston, it is that he doesn't care about Texans unless they are extremely rich and giving him kick-backs (billionaires supporting the school voucher programs, etc).