Screengrab from Blue Amp, 7/12/2025
There is a long tradition in American politics of bluster standing in for leadership, and nowhere is this more evident than in Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s response to the catastrophic flooding that recently struck his state’s Hill Country.
After communities and youth camps were shattered and hundreds of lives were lost (130 bodies recovered so far, another 160 people are still missing) Abbott traveled to Kerr County—not to offer clarity or accountability. But to scold the public and the media for daring to ask who bears responsibility.
“You know who talks about blame? Losers,” Abbott declared, comparing the loss of life and property to a botched football game. “You know what winners do? Winners go to the locker room, they talk about what they’re going to do to win the next game.”
It’s a revealing metaphor. In Abbott’s Texas, disaster is just another quarter to be played, grief a statistic to be managed, and blame—a word he utters with a sneer—something for “losers” to wallow in. But when countless people die and others remain unaccounted for, who failed and how is not finger pointing, it’s governance. [emphasis added]
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