We regret to inform you that Univision joined the race to the bottom to attempt to blame the catastrophic Texas floods on the Trump administration and on DOGE. An exchange on the network’s morning Despierta América suggested to viewers that the alleged cuts “had an effect” on the deaths in Texas Hill Country.
Watch as anchor Satcha Pretto and weekend anchor Felix de Bedout do the dance and plant the seed of Trump administration malfeasance in viewers’ minds:
UNIVISION DESPIERTA AMERICA
7/7/25
7:05 AM
SATCHA PRETTO: Felix, and we know there's controversy surrounding the Trump administration's cuts to the National Weather Service and also FEMA. Is it known whether they may or may not have had an effect on this tragedy? What are they saying in Texas?
De Bedout proceeds to give Pretto a word salad answer wherein he neither answers nor refutes her question, therefore leaving it open for interpretation in the minds of viewers. Of course, this is total nonsense. As has been widely reported, the National Weather Service responded to the crisis with “surge staffing”, and issued multiple warnings in advance of the deadly flooding.
None of this matters to the Trump-deranged Univision, which insists on politicizing a tragedy even as little girls are being dug out of the mud and from under debris. The stories of courage under the worst conditions are beginning to emerge and we are only now beginning to comprehend the staggering scope of human loss resulting from this flood.
None of that matters beyond trying to score cheap political points off of a tragedy. Disgusting.
Click “expand” to view the cited portion of the aforementioned report as aired on Univision’s Despierta América on Monday, July 7th, 2025:
UNIVISION DESPIERTA AMERICA
7/7/25
7:05 AM
SATCHA PRETTO: Felix, and we know there's controversy surrounding the Trump administration's cuts to the National Weather Service and also FEMA. Is it known whether they may or may not have had an effect on this tragedy? What are they saying in Texas?
FELIX DE BEDOUT: That's the debate right now, and the president's words yesterday were a little, I don't know... disconcerting, because he was talking about President Biden's responsibilities, but he said it wasn't his fault. And we have to emphasize something I was mentioning to you. Natural tragedies, whoever the president is, are going to happen as expected - and what's needed is the necessary prevention so that the consequences aren't catastrophic, as has happened here. And here, although there were alerts, because in the area the alerts went off- and many people are wondering why no evacuation call was made. Several reasons were: it was very difficult to get so many people out in the middle of those conditions, but the questions are increasing, and this will have to be resolved as the days go by, especially so that if anything remains from this tragedy, it's that the lessons are learned and nothing like this happens again.
PRETTO: And I hope not, Felix. Even one of the mayors in the area said they're used to this kind of flash flooding and thought it might be just another one. And we saw that wasn't the case. Felix de Bedout, thank you for bringing us this live report in Kerrville, Texas.
