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Daily Mail
08-07-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Texas news anchor blasts Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over flood response
By A local news anchor launched a blistering on-air attack against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over their response to the deadly Guadalupe River floods. KSAT's Stephania Jimenez was obviously frustrated by Noem and Abbott's Saturday press briefing that saw them praise each other and President Donald Trump. Jimenez says she was 'struck' by how officials spent 'way too long' talking before actually updating the public on the flash flood disaster. 'We really didn't get any concrete information until 27 minutes into that news conference where you had the governor speak, you had Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speak for a while,' Jimenez said during her station's newscast. 'But you know what people are wanting is information. I don't know what it is about people who run for federal office that whenever disasters like this happen, they take it upon themselves to first list all the names of people they want to thank. Um, not what we want to hear right now.' Jimenez, whose co-anchor appeared uncomfortable by her seemingly unscripted rant, further argued that Texans were waiting for and deserved 'real information'. 'That was a lot longer than it needed to be,' she continued. 'If they don't have the latest information that they can give us, they should've said so.' Jimenez, whose rant came after officials held their fifth news conference about the devastating Hill Country floods, highlighted how many questions remained unanswered. 'This disaster happened yesterday and what people want is information,' she said during Saturday's broadcast. 'They can't even tell us right now exactly how many people are missing. We understand why - the 4th of July holiday weekend, there were a lot of people there that are unaccounted for.' She admitted there were many campers and tourists visiting Kerrville at the time so officials were searching for more than just locals. Jimenez, noting that the issues of public thanking was bipartisan and happens during every disaster, said she hoped that officials would provide more substantial updates moving forward. 'People are on pins and needles waiting,' she added, to which her uncomfortable looking colleague replied 'yeah'. He then added how he was 'worried we weren't going to get any information at all' and that officials 'weren't going to tell us the death toll, how many people are missing, how many kids have been lost'. The death toll for the weekend's disaster has risen to 94, as of later Monday afternoon. That includes 27 killed at Camp Mystic, a Christian camp for girls. Dozens remain missing and the final death toll is likely to soar into triple figures. Liberal media outlets and Democrat lawmakers alike have blamed President Donald Tump, Noem and Trump and other Republicans have come under fire for the alleged lack of preparedness from the National Weather Service in wake of the tragedy. But White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has hit back at the 'depraved' critics who have suggested Trump's cuts to NOAA and FEMA contributed to the devastation. 'Unfortunately, in the wake of this once-in-a-generation natural disaster, we have seen many falsehoods pushed by Democrats such as Senator Chuck Schumer and some members of the media,' she said during a Tuesday press briefing. 'Blaming President Trump for these floods is a depraved lie, and it serves no purpose during this time of national mourning.'
Daily Mail
08-07-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Texas news anchor's blistering on-air attack on Kristi Noem and Greg Abbott over flood press conference
A local news anchor launched a blistering on-air attack against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over their response to the deadly Guadalupe River floods. KSAT's Stephania Jimenez was obviously frustrated by Noem and Abbott's Saturday press briefing that saw them praise each other and President Donald Trump. Jimenez says she was 'struck' by how officials spent 'way too long' talking before actually updating the public on the flash flood disaster. 'We really didn't get any concrete information until 27 minutes into that news conference where you had the governor speak, you had Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speak for a while,' Jimenez said during her station's newscast. 'But you know what people are wanting is information.' 'I don't know what it is about people who run for federal office that whenever disasters like this happen, they take it upon themselves to first list all the names of people they want to thank. Um, not what we want to hear right now.' Jimenez, whose co-anchor appeared uncomfortable by her seemingly unscripted rant, further argued that Texans were waiting for and deserved 'real information'. 'That was a lot longer than it needed to be,' she continued. 'If they don't have the latest information that they can give us, they should've said so.' Jimenez was obviously frustrated by Noem and Abbott's Saturday press briefing that saw them praise each other and President Donald Trump. She says she was 'struck' by how the duo spent 'way too long' talking before actually updating the public on the flash flood disaster Jimenez, whose rant came after officials held their fifth news conference about the devastating Hill Country floods, highlighted how many questions remained unanswered. 'This disaster happened yesterday and what people want is information,' she said during Saturday's broadcast. 'They can't even tell us right now exactly how many people are missing. We understand why - the 4th of July holiday weekend, there were a lot of people there that are unaccounted for.' She admitted there were many campers and tourists visiting Kerrville at the time so officials were searching for more than just locals. Jimenez, noting that the issues of public thanking was bipartisan and happens during every disaster, said she hoped that officials would provide more substantial updates moving forward. 'People are on pins and needles waiting,' she added, to which her uncomfortable looking colleague replied 'yeah'. He then added how he was 'worried we weren't going to get any information at all' and that officials 'weren't going to tell us the death toll, how many people are missing, how many kids have been lost'. The death toll for the weekend's disaster has risen to 94, as of later Monday afternoon. That includes 27 killed at Camp Mystic, a Christian camp for girls. Dozens remain missing and the final death toll is likely to soar into triple figures. Liberal media outlets and Democrat lawmakers alike have blamed President Donald Tump, Noem and Trump and other Republicans have come under fire for the alleged lack of preparedness from the National Weather Service in wake of the tragedy. But White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has hit back at the 'depraved' critics who have suggested Trump's cuts to NOAA and FEMA contributed to the devastation. 'Unfortunately, in the wake of this once-in-a-generation natural disaster, we have seen many falsehoods pushed by Democrats such as Senator Chuck Schumer and some members of the media,' she said during a Tuesday press briefing. 'Blaming President Trump for these floods is a depraved lie, and it serves no purpose during this time of national mourning.' She further alleged the 'National Weather Service did its job' despite recent staffing cuts, noting the agency's office in the region was 'overstaffed' when the flash floods erupted. 'Any person who has deliberately lied about these facts surrounding this catastrophic event, you should be deeply ashamed,' she added.
