‘Blame' put on Trump administration for Texas floods rather than ‘failings' of state government
'I do think in the early days, Sunday into Monday, the natural inclination of the internet and really just the American public was to blame the Trump administration,' Mr Datoc told Sky News Australia.
'It looks like there really were bigger failings on the state government than their federal counterparts at this point in time.
'We now know on multiple occasions over the last decade, [Kerr County] have requested new emergency management and alert systems be put in by the state, and every case, those were ignored.'
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