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Republicans Party toes Trump line despite cuts
The Guardian
|July 09, 2025
The US is reeling after catastrophic floods killed more than 100 people in Texas, including at least 27 children and counselors from an all-girls Christian camp.
On Monday, Democrats asked a government watchdog to investigate whether cuts at the National Weather Service (NWS) affected the forecasting agency's performance.
But Republicans' default response has been to express fealty to Donald Trump. They lavished praise on the president for providing federal assistance while studiously avoiding questions around the effect of his "department of government efficiency" (Doge) or threats to dismantle the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema).
"It is a sign of the sickness and dysfunction of what was the Republican party that they have almost no thoughts about their constituents," said Rick Wilson, a co-founder of the Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump group.
"Their thoughts are, how do I avoid making sure that Donald Trump doesn't look at me as an enemy or a critic?
This story is from the July 09, 2025 edition of The Guardian.
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