Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s latest outburst in the wake of the state’s catastrophic floods has left the nation stunned, with critics now branding him “tone deaf” and “insane” as families continue to search for loved ones and count the dead. As the death toll soared past 100, including dozens of children, Abbott stood before a sea of reporters and, instead of offering answers or accountability, delivered a football analogy so outlandish that even seasoned political observers were left speechless.

Abbott’s words fell like a lead balloon: “Who’s to blame? That’s the word choice of losers,” he snapped, before launching into a bizarre soliloquy about Texas football, insisting that “every football team makes mistakes” and that championship teams “don’t worry about it, man, we got this.” For the families of the missing, the parents who lost children, and the communities left shattered, his message was clear: stop pointing fingers, move on, and treat the worst natural disaster in recent memory like a bad play on Friday night.

But Texas wasn’t buying it. Social media exploded with outrage. “This man is unequivocally the most callous, incapable governor the state has ever endured,” one Texan wrote, echoing the fury of thousands. Another put it more bluntly: “Calling people losers for wanting answers and making an effing football analogy when a hundred plus people are dead and 160 plus are missing is insane.” The anger was palpable, and it wasn’t just about Abbott’s callous tone. It was about the facts.

Because as it turns out, this disaster wasn’t just an act of God—it was a failure of government, a slow-motion tragedy that experts say could have been prevented. Eight years ago, Kerr County begged for federal help to install flood warning sirens and gauges along the Guadalupe River. FEMA offered to cover 75% of the cost, but Texas leaders refused to pony up their $250,000 share. The result? No warning system in an area known as Flash Flood Alley, and now, a death toll that keeps climbing. As recently as last month, Abbott’s own team brushed off offers of federal disaster money, bragging that Texas could handle any crisis on its own. Now, with bodies still being pulled from the mud, the governor is scrambling, calling for an emergency session to approve the very funds he once dismissed.

In sports, that’s a do-over. In government, it’s a deadly mistake. “This isn’t a game,” said Dr. Rachel Hines, a disaster management expert. “Lives were lost because leaders refused to invest in basic safety. Blaming the public for asking questions is unconscionable.”

And the circus didn’t end with Abbott. Enter Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, who insisted the federal response was “immediate” and blamed the Biden administration for being slow in the past. But sources inside FEMA told CNN a different story: thanks to new Trump-era cost controls, federal money and search teams sat idle for three days, waiting for Noem’s personal signoff while Texans drowned. Even as the waters rose, Noem and her team pointed fingers at outdated warning systems and claimed Trump had begun upgrades. Fact-checkers quickly torched that lie—there was no record of any such initiative under Trump, while it was Biden’s administration that actually invested in new technology.

Journalists pressed for answers. The Trump White House and DHS went silent. “Noem’s claims are pure fiction,” said one former FEMA official. “She’s making things up to protect her boss and deflect from her own failures.”

The tragic irony is inescapable: for all their talk of “winners” and “championship teams,” Abbott and Noem have presided over a disaster of historic proportions, then tried to spin, deflect, and gaslight the public into silence. Their priority is not truth, not accountability, but pleasing Donald Trump and dodging blame—even if it means rewriting history and letting their own citizens pay the price.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump himself rambles on, his comments about Texas and everything else growing more erratic by the day, fueling fresh whispers about his mental fitness. While hundreds of Texans mourn, the MAGA elite play games with facts and lives, hoping nobody notices the rot at the top.

But Texans are watching. America is watching. And as the true story of this preventable tragedy comes to light, it’s clear: the only losers here are the leaders who put politics before people, and the only game being played is one of deadly, shameless blame-shifting. For the victims, there are no more seasons, no more do-overs—only the bitter truth that their leaders failed them when it mattered most.