Texas, Donald Trump and Republicans
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By all accounts, forecasters provided adequate warning — the problem was communicating the danger to residents.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday described Texas as the centerpiece in a plan to add Republican U.S. House seats by redrawing congressional boundaries in multiple states. “Texas would be the biggest one — and that’ll be five,
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The project, which was alloted $40 million earlier this week, features notable Texans Sam Houston, Barbara Jordan, George P. Mitchell and Lorenzo de Zavala.
President Trump has not talked about eliminating FEMA as the emergency response agency helps with recovery efforts from the Texas floods.
Plus, Republicans strategists are advising lawmakers to appeal to working class voters when selling Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" ahead of the midterms.
At least 24 people were dead and many missing after torrential rains unleashed flash floods along the Guadalupe River in Texas.
Crockett said Republicans, backed by Trump, are "blatantly" trying to "dilute minority voices" with the redrawing of its congressional map.
While he’s been in communities after hurricanes and tornadoes, President Trump said the devastation he saw after an aerial tour of the flood-ravaged Texas Hill Country on Friday was different.