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Sunday, September 3rd, 2017

‘Send prayers’: Texas Republican turns down donated blankets, beds, manpower from Canada

Author:     SARAH K. BURRIS
Source:     The Raw Story
Publication Date:     01 SEP 2017 AT 00:40 ET
Link: ‘Send prayers’: Texas Republican turns down donated blankets, beds, manpower from Canada
Stephan:   I was admonished today by a reader for calling scumbaggery, scumbaggery. The reader is probably right, I do get deeply offended by the kind of behavior I so frequently see being done by supposed leaders and public officials, and I can be pretty explicit in my language. But, the truth is scumbaggery is scumbaggery. Here is a classic example in the person of Texas Secretary of State Rolando B. Pablos. He's a Republican of course.

Republican Secretary of State Rolando B. Pablos

Those who have been impacted by Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Louisiana are only beginning to see the way the flood waters have destroyed their homes. Many families tried to ride it out, only to be rescued when the rising waters forced them onto their roof. Thousands escaped with only their lives and the clothes on their backs, losing everything they own.

But according to Secretary of State Rolando Pablos (R-TX), they don’t need any help. As Patheos reported, they just need a little more Jesus.

Quebec’s Minister of International Relations Christine St-Pierre called Pablos to express her sorrow and condolences on behalf of the people of the Canadian province. She also offered equipment and manpower.

Pablos turned it down. Instead he asked for “prayers from the people of Quebec,” the minister relayed.

Understandably, the neighbor to the north was shocked.

 

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“It was a conversation about how devastating the situation is and we want to express our support to the people of Texas,” she told CBC News […]

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