'When disaster strikes, we expect a governor to be on the scene.'
Governor Greg Abbott has been criticized for being on a trip to the Far East when Hurricane Beryl struck Texas.The storm made landfall near Matagorda last Monday, and is believed to have killed at least 13 people in the Houston area alone, according to the Houston Chronicle's analysis of county figures. The official death toll is yet to be revealed.More than 140,000 Texans are still without power, PowerOutage.
Dan Patrick in charge of the disaster, who 'did fine except for the fact that he forgot that it's up to the governor to contact the White House and request an official disaster declaration,' the op-ed said.Last Tuesday, U.S. President Joe Biden told the state newspaper that he had been trying to get hold of the governor to ask about whether Texas needed emergency federal funding.
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