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'Who Is To Blame Here?': Reporter Grills Governor Greg Abbott Over Flood Response, Cites Uvalde Investigation
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yesterday
During a press briefing about ongoing search and rescue efforts, Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) was asked about the emergency response to deadly flooding in Texas's Hill Country, and concerns a potential investigation might face.
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Over here.
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Governor, when what happened, Governor, you led an investigation back there.
00:08
Are you going to ask for investigation in this case?
00:13
So, Mr. We said when Harvey happened?
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No, Ubalde.
00:16
Oh, you've got it.
00:17
Ubalde happened?
00:18
Yeah.
00:18
And it was gross negligence back there.
00:21
Now, this happened in the death toll is enormous.
00:25
Are you going to ask for investigation?
00:27
Who is going to blame Kerry?
00:30
Right.
00:31
So, I'm going to talk about two different things.
00:34
The first part of your question, and that is an investigation.
00:40
We know a special session is coming in about 10 days.
00:45
That's where, I would say where it begins.
00:47
Candidly, those investigations will begin by both the House and Senate before we go into session.
00:51
So, probably beginning later this week or the early part of next week,
00:54
there will be committees formed that are already kind of working on ideas about ways to address this.
01:00
Second part of your question needs to be addressed.
01:02
You ask, and I'm going to use your words, who's to blame?
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Know this.
01:08
That's the word choice of losers.
01:12
Let me explain one thing about Texas.
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And that is, Texas, every square inch of our state, cares about football.
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You could be in Hunt, Texas, Huntsville, Texas, Houston, Texas, any size community, they care about football.
01:27
High school, Friday Night Lights, college football, or pro.
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And know this.
01:32
Every football team makes mistakes.
01:35
The losing teams are the ones that try to point out who's to blame.
01:39
The championship teams are the ones that say, don't worry about it, man.
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We got this.
01:44
We're going to make sure that we go score again, that we're going to win this game.
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The way winners talk is not to point fingers.
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They talk about solutions.
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What Texas is all about is solutions.
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In fact, I want to read you something that I received last night that's worth emphasizing to put this in context.
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Tragedy has come.
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That part is done.
02:19
What we do now, who we are now, that's what the story is still being written.
02:25
Let it be one of grace, of grit, of fierce love in the face of grief.
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Let it be the kind of story that proves that the hill country may flood, but it does not fail.
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Say what you will about Texas, but when the rivers rise, so do we.
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Not with blame, not with bitterness, but with boots on the ground, arms around strangers, and hearts wide open.
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That's the Texas I know, and that's the America that I believe in.
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What this person wrote is what I know is true for all Texas, and what we will achieve every single day.
03:06
Governor Abbott, over here.
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