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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    7 hours ago

    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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          Gotta love Dems trying to be bipartisan on stuff like this, meanwhile now that Trump is in power he’s denying grants to counties and cities unless they follow his anti dei executive orders.