More uncivilised garbage on the Texas disaster:
Officials praise Trump as viewers express frustration during press conference
Before taking any questions, Texas’s governor
Greg Abbott, the homeland security secretary
Kristi Noem, the
Texas senator
John Cornyn and the representative
Chip Roy opened today’s press conference with long statements of self-congratulation and praise for the response from local, state and federal officials. They also repeatedly thanked
Donald Trump in effusive terms.
It was not until reporters pressed for numbers, towards the end of the press conference, that officials began to share the valuable information sought out by the public.
Commenters watching the live feed expressed frustration at the lack of information in the first 25 minutes of the event.
“Quit talking about yourselves relentlessly,” one commenter said.
“Most useless conference!!!” another commenter said.
“Get to the point that matters to us the people of texas,” another said.
Much of the statements from Abbott, Noem, Cornyn and Roy focused on praising their own efforts, thanking Trump and the White House and encouraging people to pray.
“Prayer matters,” Abbott said. Prayers “could have been the reason why water stopped rising”.
Later during the press conference, in response to questions from the press, the local sheriff confirmed the number of dead had risen to 32, including 18 adults and 14 children.