Texas mayor quits after calling residents ‘lazy’ and ‘weak’ amid power outages from storm
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Texas mayor quits after calling residents ‘lazy’ and ‘weak’ amid power outages from storm
#texas #texasstorm #TexasPowerOutage #corruptgop #uspol #politics
COLORADO CITY, Texas -- The mayor of this Texas town of about 4,000 people stepped down Tuesday in the wake of a controversial social media post in which he said residents without electricity and water due to a winter storm are "lazy" and "weak," adding that local government and utility services owned them "nothing," ABC
Of the power shortfall that hit Texas, over 80% was due to problems at coal- and gas-fired plants.
Wind farms ran at about half of what was expected.
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