A Texas county devastated by deadly flooding earlier this month rejected federal funds in 2021 that could have helped install a flood warning system, with local officials and residents arguing they didn’t want to be “bought” by the Biden administration.

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    The extend of what rightwingers do to “own the libs” in the US always amazes me.

    Maybe the Democrats should just make an event like “We don’t jump off the cliff!” and see what GOP fans will do to “own them”.

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      Dying from a perfectly preventable disease by not taking a vaccination, to own the libs. Dying from a natural disaster from which you could have escaped to own the libs. Dying from all sorts of reasons, just to own the libs.

      It is a shame that there seemingly is an endless supply of these hateful morons, because even with all the dying they still manage to control the US politically.

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        Indeed. With them being such a death cult, you can expect them to be extinct in the near future. The problem is that they are determined to take the rest of the world with them.

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    While the county ultimately kept the funds, they allocated the majority, about $8 million, to sheriff’s department upgrades and public employee stipends.

    So they decided fraud was better than safety.

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    While the county ultimately kept the funds, they allocated the majority, about $8 million, to sheriff’s department…

    Is that the same sheriff’s department that didn’t send the flood warning when asked to do so?

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      I’m sure the good ol’ boy had his reasons. We should just trust in him and Jesus. And give him another $10 million.

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        The sad part is this is how the Biden administration actually thought. They could have restricted these funds from being wasted on stupid bullshit but instead did the moderate Dem thing and just let douchebag Republicans do whatever the hell they want so they could campaign on how bipartisan they were. At the end of the day, nobody in a position of power gave a shit about the safety of these people.

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    “We don’t want to be bought by the federal government, thank you very much,” a resident said. “We’d like the federal government to stay out of Kerr County and their money.”

    While the county ultimately kept the funds, they allocated the majority, about $8 million, to sheriff’s department upgrades and public employee stipends

    I… what? “We don’t want your stinking money. We’ll still take it tho… We just won’t spend it on what we said we would. That’ll show you dumb idgits!”

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    I remember this happening. I remember thinking “who the fuck is trying to buy you? These are your tax dollars.” I remember realizing that the problem was giving Biden the W.

    Perhaps from their high moral ground, God can hear them asking what part of his plan this is.

    When I was in elementary school back in the 1900s, I went to a friend’s house in Kerrville. My parents made me promise that I wouldn’t tell anyone that I’m Jewish. The old freethinker German towns around San Antonio are such weird, corrupt, stupid places.