A Texas pediatrician who made comments on social media suggesting victims of recent floods were Trump supporters who “got what they voted for” has since apologized, according to Click2Houston. She suggested she only made the comments because she didn’t know people died.
Dr. Christina Propst addressed now-deleted comments she made via a post shared to her personal Facebook page in a statement obtained by Click2Houston.
“I speak to you as a mother, a neighbor, a pediatrician, and a human being who is deeply sorry. I take full responsibility for a social media comment I made before we knew that so many precious lives were lost to the terrible tragedy in Central Texas,” Propst said in her statement.
“I understand my comment caused immense pain to those suffering indescribable grief and for that I am truly sorry. I would like to make clear that my regrettable comment was in no way a response to the tragic loss of human life,” she continued. “But the words written were mine and regardless of how they are being presented, that is a fact that I deeply regret.”
Propst also said politics never affected her ability to care for her patients, according to the same statement.
In her since-deleted Facebook post, Propst reacted to the floods, saying Kerr County residents “[got] what they voted for,” the New York Post reported.
“May all visitors, children, non-MAGA voters, and pets be safe and dry. Kerr County MAGA voted to gut FEMA. They deny climate change. May they get what they vote for. Bless their hearts,” Propst wrote in her Facebook post, according to the outlet. (RELATED: Reverend Disavows Girlfriend Who Ranted About Whiteness In Wake Of Texas Floods)
Propst practiced at Blue Fish Pediatrics, who announced Sunday that she was no longer employed, the Austin American-Statesman reported. In their statement, the practice said they did not “condone” Propst’s statement, and it did not reflect their values.
Catastrophic floods swept through Kerr County, Texas, over the July 4th weekend, killing over 100 people, The Associated Press reported July 7. Among the dead were 27 campers and counselors from Camp Mystic, an all-girl Christian summer camp, the outlet indicated.