CNN Forced to Walk Back Original Claims of Trump at Fault for Floods #Political
On Thursday morning, CNN’s The Situation Room walked back the network’s original narrative that the Trump administration was at fault in the preparation and response to the deadly Texas floods. CNN senior crime and justice correspondent Shimon Prokupecz pointed out that the burden fell on local government response and not on the federal government’s spending cuts as CNN originally reported.
CNN analysts and correspondents spread misinformation in the first hours and days following the flooding in Kerr County, TX. Original reports stated that the cutting of funding to FEMA and the National Weather Service were the reason for the loss of life. This spun a narrative of blame, pinning the Trump administration as responsible for innocent lives lost due to the tragedy.
Prokupecz led with this when asked about the federal government’s warnings prior to the flooding and the state government prepositioning resources:
The alarm bells are starting on July 2nd, and the Texas Department of Emergency Management is moving in resources. They're moving the resources in, we're saying to the locals, we have things available for you, we have emergency response available for you, so get prepared.
And this was a warning on July 2nd to this community. Now, what happens after that? Where do those warnings go starting on July 2nd? How does those warnings, how do they, did they ever get to the locals? And I think that's the biggest question.
This completely dismantled the narrative that DOGE cuts somehow played a role in these people not being warned on time. Prokupecz clearly stated that they knew of the danger on July 2nd, two days before the flooding, and it’s on the Texas Department of Emergency Management and local authorities to make sure warnings got to the locals quickly and effectively.
Prokupecz then went on to solidify what the Trump administration and Republicans had been saying from the start:
First of all, it was in the middle of the night, so most were sleeping. It was a beautiful day before the rain started on July 3rd. And they were just looking forward to the fun that they were about to have on July 4th down at the river.
And keep in mind, so many people were in town for this. So many people came from outside this area in their R.V.s. How are they supposed to know that something could go wrong? And so that's the big question. What efforts did the locals make? At this point, it doesn't appear to be that they were making any efforts. And we'll see if they ever answer those questions. At this point, they said they're focusing on the recovery efforts and the families and trying to give them some closure.
The people of the Texas Hill Country get flood warnings all the time, mostly without much trouble, this was a reason why many people sadly ignored the warnings all together. It wasn't a lack of warnings due to cutting of weather services, it was about how the local government and individuals handled the warnings.
This ongoing, terrible tragedy was made more disgusting by media bias trying to pin the blame in order to make political gains.
The full transcript is below. Click "expand" to view:
CNN’s The Situation Room
10:08:30 AM Eastern
July, 10th, 2025PAMELA BROWN: Let me bring in CNN's Shimon Prokupecz. Key questions remain, Shimon, about who did what during those critical early hours of the flooding. What are you learning?
SHIMON PROKUPECZ: You know, I think it's really interesting there, Pam, what Kristi Noem said, it's really up to the local officials, right? And that's what this is about at this point. It's about the local officials. What did they do? Not the state, not the federal government. Because on July 2nd, two days before this, the state is already sending out press releases, saying, be careful. You've got this weather storm. You've got this storm coming through, raising the alarm bells.
The alarm bells are starting on July 2nd, and the Texas Department of Emergency Management is moving in resources. They're moving the resources in, we're saying to the locals, we have things available for you, we have emergency response available for you, so get prepared.
And this was a warning on July 2nd to this community. Now, what happens after that? Where do those warnings go starting on July 2nd? How does those warnings, how do they, did they ever get to the locals? And I think that's the biggest question.
And much like you yesterday, I had the opportunity to head down towards the river and talk to people, and most of them, most of the people I talked to said they did get the alerts, but they didn't take them seriously.
First of all, it was in the middle of the night, so most were sleeping. It was a beautiful day before the rain started on July 3rd. And they were just looking forward to the fun that they were about to have on July 4th down at the river.
And keep in mind, so many people were in town for this. So many people came from outside this area in their R.V.s. How are they supposed to know that something could go wrong? And so that's the big question. What efforts did the locals make? At this point, it doesn't appear to be that they were making any efforts. And we'll see if they ever answer those questions. At this point, they said they're focusing on the recovery efforts and the families and trying to give them some closure.
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