The state Republican government really screwed up and deserve a lot of blame. It has nothing to do with the Green New Deal which hasn’t even been passed. They lie too when they blame the problem on wind energy.
"Now that the system has catastrophically failed, Gov. Greg Abbott is demanding the heads of the people who did nothing more than follow the rules the Legislature imposed."https://t.co/1m4xkUSgC1
— Bianna Golodryga (@biannagolodryga) February 20, 2021
A Texas grocery store lost power and let people leave without paying. Shoppers paid it forward. https://t.co/xXUG6pOBfw
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 20, 2021
NEW for @TexasTribune: When the power went out, Texas failed to communicate life-saving information to residents across the state. Experts described the disaster response in the state as exhibiting an "incredible lack of planning." https://t.co/i3F8fZv8UU
— Duncan Agnew (@dlagnew) February 19, 2021
New #Deconstructed: @BetoORourke, @raivarun81, and @SiegelForTexas talk about the radical experiment that led to Texas’s current energy crisis. https://t.co/jZLiaVgmfZ
— The Intercept (@theintercept) February 20, 2021
"ERCOT needs to be held accountable. But the blame … lies with the policymakers who charged ERCOT to implement our failed policies of deregulation and privatization. We have got to make sure that we are winterizing our equipment," Texas state Rep. @jamestalarico says pic.twitter.com/k7WNorVP9H
— New Day (@NewDay) February 19, 2021
Texas Governor Abbott signed “an executive order just 8 days into the president’s term to ‘direct every state agency to … challenge any federal action’ that jeopardizes Texas’ energy sector.” Then the storm hit. https://t.co/366HypZmXH
— Jennifer Cohn ✍🏻 📢 (@jennycohn1) February 19, 2021
It's lies all the way down. Trump won the election; Antifa attacked the Capitol; environmentalists somehow caused the Texas power grid disaster. Oh, and Trump Jr. is now blaming the "Democrat governor", who happens to be a very right-wing Republican https://t.co/fwBS5Wo6Bf
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) February 19, 2021
The operators of Texas’ electrical grid as well as state leaders and officials in surrounding states had ample warning that a winter storm could threaten electrical infrastructure, according to a review by the National Weather Service https://t.co/UCV95t0B3g
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 19, 2021
The absurdities keep piling up. https://t.co/5exWAN0g5b
— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) February 18, 2021
Texas Republicans criticized for misleading claims that renewable energy sources caused massive outages https://t.co/yX952nX172
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) February 18, 2021
Texas is showing the future Republicans want: One in which they respond to large public challenges by retreating into their alternate information universe and insulating themselves from accountability with redoubled countermajoritarian tactics. My latest:https://t.co/p493hsiP1Q
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) February 18, 2021
With the Texas governor taking a page out of Trump’s book and lying about the cause of the crisis there, maybe it’s time to start asking if we can make it illegal for top government officials to knowingly lie to the public about certain things.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) February 18, 2021
Opinion | @kavitapmd: Texas officials have put a premium on short-term gratification, placing profits over people, leaving millions in the dark and susceptible to death by more than just the pandemic. – @MSNBCDaily https://t.co/iP5xt6gAgb
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) February 21, 2021
Outstanding work from Texas’ photojournalists. The images are intimate, heartbreaking and so, so, true. So honored to know some of the state’s best freelancers. @NPPA https://t.co/xfXbhVnK4e
— Arelis R. Hernández (@arelisrhdz) February 20, 2021
Sad! 