Greg and the GOP really hate Houston/Harris County
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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