'I didn't know': Doctor who said Texas flood victims were Trump supporters breaks silence, explains why she made that post
Houston pediatrician Dr Christina B Propst who was fired after she made a Facebook post suggesting that Texas flood victims deserved what they got as they were all Trump voters broke her silence and apologized for her insensitive, now-deleted post.
She took full responsibility for the post and said that when she made the post, she was not aware of how many people lost their lives in the tragedy.
"May all visitors, children, non-MAGA voters and pets be safe and dry. Kerr County MAG voted to gut FEMA. They deny climate change. May they get what they voted for," the pediatrician wrote in no uncertain terms.
'The words written were mine and regardless of how they are being presented, that is a fact that I deeply regret.
I want to apologize to each and every individual suffering through terrible loss in this difficult time," Dr Christina said, expressing regret but she also added that she made the comments before it turned out to be so catastrophic.
'I speak to you as a mother, a neighbor, a pediatrician, and a human being who is deeply sorry,' the Houston-based children's doc wrote in a statement shared by KPRC.
The viral post for which Dr Christina as fired.
Propst said in her apology that politics have never impacted her judgment or actions as a medical provider, adding that she is 'tirelessly committed to children's medical care and would never be so callous as to make such a remark about lives cut so terribly short.'
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Propst's employer, Blue Fish Pediatrics, announced she was 'no longer employed' in a statement on Monday after she was initially suspended. 'We do not support or condone any statement that politicizes tragedy, diminishes human dignity, or fails to clearly uphold compassion for every child and family, regardless of background or beliefs,' the medical provider said.
The pediatrician also said her statement came from a place of frustration and she believed that better support was needed to prepare for the disaster and also better responses were required after it happened. Over 118 people have died and more than 160 people are still missing in the wake of the devastating floods.
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