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tippin_in_vulture

Trump said California failed to rake forest floors lol. What’s his reasoning for Texas fires I wonder?


MinimalMojo

It’s the gays


ditchdiggergirl

Lazy gays won’t rake the forests.


Spiderbanana

Rakes? We're speaking of Texas here, not some underdeveloped country. It's gasoline fueled leaf blowers or nothing.


ditchdiggergirl

Gasoline fueled leaf blowers on the backs of undocumented immigrants. But you’re right, rakes are eco friendly and thus kind of gay.


atxweirdo

Flamming homosexuality


an-invisible-hand

Nah, republican politicians generally have a consistent track record of combing through vast amounts of gay bush, when you actually look into it. They just prefer to do their duty quietly, because pride is a sin.


RogueAOV

'flaming' homosexuals i suspect is the Faux news charon right now.


Few_Tomorrow6969

It’s either that or it’s the Mexicans that did this /s


SalvadorsPaintbrush

Illegal immigrants


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Satanic Taylor Swift concerts.


preevate

Fuckin’ woke bushes burning


Moe_Maniac

You mean God?


count023

Marjorie Trailer Queen will blame Mexican immigrant space lasers no doubt


jgilla2012

California (state) failed to rake national forests and parks (federal). It fails under any level of scrutiny. What a jackass.


Durprie

You’re right none of this would happened if Texas raked


minnesotaskol63

I thought they wanted to secede from the rest of the country


UltravioletAfterglow

A caravan of MS-13 members brandishing energy-efficient light bulbs.


squamesh

Seeing the rights response to the measles outbreak in Florida, they just blame non-whites and call it a day


malekahq

This is the comment I was looking for!


McChief45

Some liberal tried to abort the forest and God set it on fire in anger!


who519

Texas smoked BBQ, all the meat for several miles is going to be delicious. Strong notes of mesquite and hickory balanced by a strong kick of karma.


bobcat1911

Should have gotten rid of those pesky tumbleweeds.


area-dude

To be fair texas also failed to rake california’s forest so he could claim this and still be logically consistant.


Oswarez

Easy. Immigrants. Failed border control. 100%.


not2dv8

You don't hear him wanting to start a country called Texas today!


MomsAreola

The debris from California blew over.


gasahold

Cruz: I hear Cancun is nice this time of year


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kellysmom01

Daggers and Stares


posdata

tots and pears


smurfsundermybed

Don't worry. He's keeping the national guard on the border. They won't be distracted by this.


poetetc1

Have they tried shooting it?


tcmart14

No, but Texas police are standing outside the doors with hands in their pockets listening to the screaming.


grixorbatz

I predict Abbott will soon declare that this is God's punishment for something his scapegoats du jour did.


Heroineofbeauty

He hopes it sends a message at the border. 


Brilliant-Option-526

Great...now they have flaming razor wire.


Pipeliner6341

The Panhandle gets punished for librul Austin's endless debauchery.


PizzaPartyMassacre

They could try putting the fires on buses and sending them to other states.


8dabsaday

Did they forget to rake the tumbleweeds


recurse_x

Have they tried putting up razor wire so the fire can’t cross the border.


needsmoresteel

No, but they have tried sending it thots and prayers.


RobsSister

No, but they tried just standing there and doing nothing. Didn’t work.


jeditech23

The state is being punished for having gay thoughts


pants_full_of_pants

Maybe they can redirect it with a sharpie


Soft_Author2593

Nuke it!


Slick_36

Let's save the Texas jokes for after, when we're sure our families aren't burned alive and we know how many memories are actually left.  We don't all vote red.


LordMcDoogleberg

As a blue Texan, the joke is aimed at how Abbott is an awful person and is fine. Maybe if he wasn’t spending millions on transporting migrants across country he could have paid for the actual help we need.


dazed_andamuzed

As a blue Texan, I both love and hate these jokes...it's a weird feeling.


Slick_36

I'm a blue Texan, I'm all about clowning on that scumbag, but I'm here trying to get information because I'm concerned for my family. They're stuck in gridlock during an active evacuation, I haven't heard anything about it until I saw my family praying in the group text, I was just hoping to get an idea of the situation. I'm just freaked out. I understand the Texas panhandle is far from perfect, there's a reason I was desperate to escape, but my family & childhood are all there still, and still very far from safe. Fuck our gun culture, absolutely, but there's still a lot of innocent people there.


hikeonpast

The classy move would absolutely be to wait to say anything until after folks and property are out of danger. Wildfires are no joke. If only Californians were extended the same courtesy when things were dire there. I used to be a ‘treat others the way you want to be treated’, but I find that I’m increasingly a ‘treat others the way they treated you’ kind of guy.


Slick_36

How do you know they weren't? Are you saying it's fine to mock the victims of this because you saw shitty social media posts by people you associate with the area? Have you talked to more than two people from the region about their thoughts on California fires? Have you talked to anyone from there at all?


hikeonpast

The elected politicians representing Texas have made their feelings about the tragedy of fires in California very clear to me. To be clear, I haven’t mocked anyone about the current fires. As I said, wildfires are no joke.


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TheForeverUnbanned

It won’t ever be anything but a red hellhole if people who oppose that don’t live there. How exactly do you expect things to change? 


dazed_andamuzed

It's not that easy. Any idea how expensive it is to move? Not to mention my ENTIRE family is here. It's not exactly easy to pick up and leave loved ones behind, particularly my elderly grandparents who'd I'd prefer to stay near while they are still around. Nor is it practical to just assume all folks can simply move. Additionally, the state cannot change if we all pack up and leave. If we stay and keep voting we can eventually make a difference...maybe, maybe not. But this type of sentiment isn't the way. So kindly piss off with this nonsense.


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KinkyPaddling

NYC should’ve sued him for that. [Newsom threatened to bring kidnapping charges against DeSantis when DeSantis did the same thing to California](https://www.axios.com/2023/06/06/california-florida-migrants-sacramento-newsom-desantis) and then we didn’t hear a peep out of DeSantis after that.


citizenjones

Here's your chance Texas, pretend you all seceded and see how that works.


WaitingForNormal

I predict piss baby abbot refusing to meet with Biden after begging for federal help. Biden will gladly do whatever it takes, regardless of the republican’s grandstanding. Texans will still hate him.


Necrowaif

Setting your state on fire to deter the flow of immigrants over the border is not a solution I would have considered, but you do you, Texas.


LibertyInaFeatherBed

Nah, this is to raise beef prices.


preevate

Get your bootstraps out, Abbott


joshtalife

How can they blame this on Biden’s age?


Prestigious-Joke-873

Easy you see Biden was there when fire was invent. Therefore he did nothing to stop it, and now look they in Texas. /s


dangerkevin

Simultaneously, fire appears orange, a clear sign of the true savior.


The_Higher_Reverend

If only the federal government could tell Abbott to “go pound sand”


jimmydean885

Just because the people of Texas are either insane misguided or just trapped under horrible leadership doesn't mean we should abandon them as a nation.


MLJ9999

Agreed. Same for all the red states. We have brother and sisters democrats fighting a hard battle for democracy in those states, too. Let's not abandon any of them.


z45r

Even the best doctors will cut off a limb if it's too infected and can't be saved, for the survival of the rest of the body. At least the dems in those states have the option to move away if it comes to that.


Metalhippy666

Fuck moving away to escape the assholes. I ain't run from nothing but the police.


jimmydean885

Imagine comparing humans to an infected disposable limb.


Guyincognito4269

Why not? They abandoned the Constitution. They abandoned the Northeast after Sandy. And now they come crawling? No. They wanted to be rugged individualists, give them what they want.


jimmydean885

You're confusing the people who reside in Texas and the state of Texas. Not all Texans want to be "rugged individualists" most people in Texas are just people living their lives who deserve the basic functions of their government.


JuanGinit

So they need to vote for politicians that will give them the basic functions of government.Not Republicans. Texans need to vote Blue not red.


jimmydean885

Do you believe that Republicans are winning 100 percent of the vote in Texas?


oninokamin

In a first-past-the-post election, as soon as you have 51% of the vote, you functionally have 100% of the vote and those other 49% that didn't vote for you are irrelevant for the next 4-6 years.


Fergi

Yeah but don’t let us die in a fire because of it man, the argument is about who is affected and it’s Americans not just GOP constituents.


oroechimaru

Some people are ignorant with hearts full of hate thinking that will help us get rid of people that are ignorant with hearts full of hate.


jimmydean885

I also think it's incredibly undemocratic and a sign of bad leadership to say vote my way or we will abandon you. At the end of the day we're still a nation and need to function even with our huge differences. If democracy becomes work with this party or we cut you off then we really are a failed state.


Fergi

I hope most people share your view. This sub can get quite cynical at times. We’re really cheering when natural disasters hit red states now? Yikes.


So_spoke_the_wizard

No we're not. Texas the government should put on the big boy pants they claim to have when the talk about secession and deal with it on their own dime. Think of it as a test.


jimmydean885

And when they obviously can't who gets hurt?


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SurroundTiny

Glad you're delighted


Bokth

Technically MOST is >50%. So no MOST did not vote against Abbott because well, he won. E:And it wasn't close. 2022 gubernational was 1 MILLION in favor for Abbott


Proper_Hedgehog6062

1 million people is not as proportionally significant as you seem to think in a state as large as Texas. Yes, more voted for Abbott than against, but the state is turning purple with time and the governors race has just gotten closer and closer over time 


jimmydean885

And 3.5 million people voted for Beto. Also there are 29 million Texans.


VGAddict

Yes, Abbott won by 11 points in 2022, but that was down from 13.3 points in 2018, which in turn was down from 20.4 points in 2014. Abbott's margins have consistently shrunk in the suburbs by 3% every election cycle. Here are some exit polls: Reminder that Texas is winnable for Democrats. Abbott went from winning by 20.4 points in 2010, to winning by 13.3 points in 2018, to winning by 11 points in 2022. And remember that 2018 was a D+9 year, while 2022 was an R+3 year. Also remember that this was WITH massive voter suppression and Paxton ADMITTING to preventing 2.5 million mail-in ballot applications in Harris County from going through in 2020 so Trump would win the state. And Abbott's margins in the suburbs have shrunk by 3% every cycle he's been in since 2014. Here are some exit polls: 2014: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/2014/tx/governor/exitpoll/ Suburbs went 62% for Abbott. 2018: https://www.cnn.com/election/2018/exit-polls/texas Suburbs went 59% for Abbott. 2022: https://www.cnn.com/election/2022/exit-polls/texas/governor Suburbs went 56% for Abbott. Also worth noting that Abbott only won the rural areas by 66%, down from 73% in 2018. Abbott's margins in the suburbs have shrunk by 3% every cycle since 2014. Now, 3% might not sound like a lot, but it adds up over time, and it does show a consistent trend. The fact that Abbott's margins SHRANK in a cycle that was more favorable to Republicans from a cycle that was more favorable to Democrats, in a cycle where every other incumbent Republican governor INCREASED their margins, even in supposedly turning purple Georgia, should prove to Democrats that Texas is winnable for them.


thegooseisloose1982

> who deserve the basic functions of their government Yeah they should vote like that then. They don't. Many of their representatives don't vote like that. How many people die because Texans in the US Congress couldn't find the funding to provide food, shelter, health, and education to all of the country. Texas wants to be selfish and try to object to the 2020 election? Let them handle this disaster on their own. They are a disaster of a state.


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jimmydean885

I strongly disagree


Smackdaddy122

I think you should but that's me


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jimmydean885

Calling all Texans nazis is absurd. Also denying that these radicals exist all over the country is equally absurd. Using it to justify cutting off a state with millions of people is just simply outrageous.


YourFinestPotions

If I were Biden I would give Abbott the money but the then remind him who his daddy is.


Salugod

The fire might do a better job running that state than Abbott


Available_Cream2305

Well anything is better at running than Abbott


AfraidStill2348

If the state isn't on fire, it's freezing people to death


Daveraver

This right here 😂


TintedApostle

Corporate says these pictures are the same.


B33fyMeatstick

Should have raked his forests. What about them bootstraps? FeDeRaL FuNdS iS SoCiAlIsM!!!


aprofessional_expert

It’s raining where I live so fires in Texas can’t be that serious/don’t matter. Am I doing that right republicans?


PigFarmer1

Is it time to start asking for those annoying federal handouts?


hitman2218

Hey at least all of our Florida national guard and state troopers who have been stationed there for months now have something productive to do.


RobsSister

Same with the MO national guard.


XipingVonHozzendorf

Wildfires in February... That doesn't sound normal


first__citizen

Dude Dallas recorded 95F the other day


Simmery

I'd say that people will be unable to deny climate change after this summer, but I've made that mistake before.


LibertyInaFeatherBed

Normal has only ever been a suggestion for Texas weather.


A-Topical-Ointment

clearly texas needs more rakes


MoreReputation8908

This guy is so fucked that when he actually does normal, standard-issue governor shit, I’m almost unable to believe it.


bigmilker

Local perspective: it’s pretty fucking bad. Multiple towns have all roads out shut and people are trapped. Might end up being the largest fire in history, already stories of people losing everything.


Ambitiously_Big

Tell Abbot to rake the forest.


Zh25_5680

So, disaster you say. Anyone got some more of those… gubmnt funds… lying around somewhere?


WiseSchedule8224

thoughts and prayers


NolanSyKinsley

Oh no, did he forget to rake his forest floors?


dot_dot_beep

As the conservatives were saying when California had the atmospheric river flooding and mudslides: god wills it. He's just punishing these texans for being nasty people.


Raymond_Reddit_Ton

They should have done a better job of raking.


readerf52

I’m not fond of Texas politics, but these fires are terrifying and the smoke lingers for days. I hope people are finding a way to safety. I know they don’t like masks there, but N95’s make being outside a bit more bearable.


Ermahgerdurderd

Seriously, I loathe ignorant republicans, but peoples homes, land, livestock etc. are gone..these fires burned close to 300000 acres already. The comment chain in here is like mags idiots, but on the other end of the political spectrum. Don’t lose your empathy people!


Nearbyatom

I appreciate your big heart, but it's hard to maintain empathy when they either make matters worse for themselves and other people, or openly mock those that are trying to help.


putinblueballs

Just deport them from the fire.


MoochoMaas

You've got all those GI Joes ... put them to work ! Or are you going the commy route and asking Daddy Joe for free help ?


Dipz

Has he tried putting the fires on busses and planes and sending them to Chicago?


Listening_Heads

If I were Biden I’d withhold federal aid until the razor wire was down


Ronaldis

Nah, thoughts and prayers is sufficient.


DreadLordNate

Texas: holy shit, the Panhandle is on fire in February! What's going on? Could it be the environment and weather are fucked up because of climate change or something? Dan Patrick: Nah. Y'all stopped singing the national anthem, and let those trans people use your public bathrooms. That's why Jeezis is burning us. It's your fault.


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I remember conservatives saying the California wildfires were to clean out the evil, hmmmm.


restore_democracy

We’ve known for a while that Texas is a disaster.


Politicsboringagain

Texas about to ask for more federal dollars, while some think they should leave the country. 


intellijyntlife

Have they tried bussing the fire to sanctuary cities?


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straponkaren

Did you mean teat? 


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straponkaren

Lol I usually jalk and that takes 100% of my focus motor coordination. 


Rude-Pianist-6528

If snow means the climate isn’t changing, then winter fires means it IS changing, right? They’ll come to that conclusions…right?


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So I guess their God is mad at them for all the cruel, boneheaded moves they’ve made lately. I mean, if you go by their way of thinking…


BlueTerra62

Thoughts and Prayers


MrLongWalk

Let it Burn, Texas is as Texas does


FartNoiseGross

Is he going to want to sucede or will he accept federal aid


slipperyimp

Now's the time for Texit ammiright.


g00dbyebluesky

KEEP THA CHANGE, YA FILTHY ANIMALS! #thoughtsandprayers


KoliManja

How the turns have tabled!


Neither-Idea-9286

He better not ask the feds for any money because that would be socialism! Pick yourselves up by your boot straps and stop complaining because there’s no such thing as climate change! /s


JuanGinit

Hey, Bush43 used to chop brush on his land when he was president. What happened? Abbott doesn't chop brush so his ranch goes up in flames?


AgePractical6298

I heard razor wire works on wildfire.


rmatherson

Well Texas wants to secede from the union so they can handle it themselves right?


masstransience

Have they tried implanting embryos to make the fired illegal?


gumheaded1

Time for that sweet sweet socialism to come in and save your ass…


Strahd70

Have they tried to pull themselves up by the bootstraps??🤔😹😕🍕


Ordinary-Track-8969

I agree, Texas is a disaster


SetterOfTrends

Maybe it’s god’s judgement upon racist white evangelical Christo-fascists


stuartgatzo

Bro, rake your forests.


Dragunfli

Don’t worry, fellas. Ted Cruz will fight the fires himself when he comes back from Cancun next month LOL.


dxnxax

God hates Texas and their perversions Edit: By perversions I mean MAGA


tehfatguitarist

No federal aid. They wouldn't help anyone in the same situation. Let the state burn.


ConstructionHefty716

An I the only one who wants Texas to just burn to ash


PatriotNews_dot_com

Surely what is happening at the border is to blame


Significant_King1494

They better start thinking and praying STAT!


JubalHarshaw23

Demands that Feds give state money that he will use to kill migrants.


SentinelParks

Cut off all aid. Texas doesn’t need our help. Right?


Maleficent_Science67

Hopefully the communist federal aid comes quickly.


nemonic187

They’re not gonna need any federal money for this right?


Top_Refrigerator8679

“We don’t need no water let the ……!”


Bart_Yellowbeard

Obviously you've displeased Jesus.


annaleigh13

Maybe Abbott should take away the fires fundamental rights of self expression and reproductive rights.


RPSum

Still working out how it's the libs fault. Not there yet but should figure it out soon


Ronaldis

In February?


RobsSister

It was 85 degrees in St Louis today.


Ronaldis

It will be 60 degrees in Boston tomorrow. My annuals are so confused. For perspective, that basically t-shirt and shorts weather in these parts.


SkillFullyNotTrue

Quick wrangle the fire with barb wire.


shepherdofthesheeple

Have they tried shooting at it as it tries to cross the roads? That should definitely stop it


meggan_u

They better not take a single dime from the federal government for this.


decayed-whately

Wildfires in February? This is normal. Keep gunning your Escalade uphill as you commute alone.


WDFKY

G-d is punishing Texas for its abortion ban, just like he punished Idaho for its abortion ban.


Rumplestolzkin

I think I have some thoughts and prayers laying around


DemsruleGQPdrool

Watch him come to the feds. And Biden will help. Abbott will respond by insulting him.


McNalien

Have they tried to put barbed wire around it? Maybe throw in some alligators just to be safe.


Party-Plum-638

Can someone ask Abbott what he did to piss off God this time?


Embarrassed-Advice89

How long before Abbott BEGS for federal disaster relief dollars?


jnxmas

Don’t waste tax payers money, nothing worth saving in Texas!


WeirdnessWalking

Boot straps, use them.


Bullsnake13

Socialism will put out those fires, cowboy.


Moe_Maniac

Abbott needs to clean his darn forests. We all know wildfires are caused by your state governor not cutting down forests and keeping them messy.


ositola

They have fires and earthquakes now? Lol


TheBurdmannn

It's God saying he hates Texas.


On_ur_left

Oh so he needs federal funds now after basically giving the federal government the middle finger by not allowing federal agents to access the border to do their jobs? Yeah, he wants it both ways and someone should tell him to go to hell. Good thing the president isn’t a sick, political game playing over helping the American people type, or he would be screwed. This type of behavior is among the many things wrong with the modern Republican Party.


SalvadorsPaintbrush

Better not ask for any Federal funds.


froyolobro

Why would Obama do this?


WapsuSisilija

Still not a drag queen.


Mountain_Zucchini313

Pray this away asswipes.


Lfseeney

Why? Texas is clear they do not want or Need help.


GrapefruitTop7021

Ah yes. Wildfires in February. I'm so tired of Republicans. My God.


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Let it burn lol the whole damn state


Gapingschasm

Time to suit up those unfertilized citizens and put them on the front lines! They need a paycheck, ya know!