President Donald Trump Blames Joe Biden for the Tragic Floods That Devastated Texas

As mass flooding throughout Central Texas devastated communities and caused tragic deaths at Camp Mystic, politicians have scrambled to be everywhere at once and address the concerns of community members and the media alike.

While President Donald Trump plans to visit Texas and dodge questions about his disdain for FEMA, former President Joe Biden's name has been brought back into the political conversation. Indeed, President Trump has blamed President Biden for the floods that ravaged Texas.

Why, at this point, has President Trump found it necessary to bring President Biden's name into the discourse about the botched preparedness and response to the devastation in Texas? Is there any truth to the assertion that policies set forth by President Biden did indeed leave Texans vulnerable to such a tragedy?

We address these questions, and more, below so that you can better understand why political posturing has occurred during this devastating time.

As CNN Politics notes, President Trump appeared to blame President Biden on July 6 for the tragic flooding in Texas, going so far as to say: "If you look at that water situation, that was really the Biden setup.” Though President Trump did say he wasn't trying to blame President Biden, even if it appeared that way.

In the aftermath of those comments, Democrat officials in turn blamed President Trump's cuts to the National Weather Service and his planned abolishment of FEMA.

“Many Democrat elected officials are trying to turn this into a political game; it is not,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on July 7, per CNN Politics. “I just do think those comments are depraved and despicable, especially when so many Americans are mourning the loss of their children.”

According to the New York Post, Texas Democratic Rep. Julian Castro declared that "Trump’s cuts to the National Weather Service should be investigated.”

After that, fellow Democrat Chuck Schumer, the Senate Minority Leader, demanded an investigation into staff shortages that he believes contributed to more deaths than expected during a tragedy of this nature.

Political posturing aside, there are many factors that contributed to the flooding in Texas. At a higher level, many experts cite the ongoing climate crisis as the cause for massive flooding incidents that have ravaged various regions over the last several years.

Quite simply, as The Weather Channel notes, "There were several weather features at work during the week leading up to the catastrophic flooding that all worked in tandem to create this nightmare situation."

Additionally, The Weather Channel cites three factors that came into play. First, an "upper level disturbance...which set the stage for a very saturated environment to produce heavy downpours and torrential rain." Second, lingering moisture from Barry (a tropical system) "enhanced the instability across the Lone Star state."

Finally, a jet stream that was "a few thousand feet above the ground" also encouraged the rainfall in the region.