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Republicans in Texas have lost their minds! This is what fascism looks like! (Original Post) red dog 1 Thursday OP
Seems like a stretch FBaggins Thursday #1
Yeah. It not like this 'criminal' only B.See Thursday #2

FBaggins

(28,765 posts)
1. Seems like a stretch
Thu May 21, 2026, 06:15 PM
Thursday

If she had merely posted the video and/or claimed what she does in the interview ("There’s people that are saying that their appliances are getting ruined, they can’t cook with the water, they can’t bathe with it, they can’t do laundry" ) she would have been fine.

But she claimed that people had been hospitalized due to bacteria in the water. That pretty clearly violates Texas Penal Code § 42.06... which is normally a misdemeanor. But since it specifically involved the public water supply (explicitly listed in the code), it rises to a felony.

B.See

(8,897 posts)
2. Yeah. It not like this 'criminal' only
Thu May 21, 2026, 06:53 PM
Thursday

ignored or failed to act on available measures and funds that might've mitigated or prevented mass disaster casualties or something.

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