{"id":6360,"date":"2025-07-13T09:35:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T09:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/6360\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T09:35:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T09:35:12","slug":"doctor-who-lost-job-over-regrettable-texas-flood-post-says-sorry-texas-floods-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/6360\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor who lost job over \u2018regrettable\u2019 Texas flood post says sorry | Texas floods 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

A pediatrician who is no longer working<\/a> for a chain of clinics affiliated with a prominent Houston hospital system after a social media post that wished voters in a Donald Trump-supporting county of central Texas \u201cget what they voted for\u201d amid flash flooding that killed nearly 120<\/a> \u2013 including many children \u2013 has publicly apologized.<\/p>\n

\u201cI speak to you as a mother, a neighbor, a pediatrician, and a human being who is deeply sorry,\u201d Dr Christina Propst wrote after Blue Fish Pediatrics announced on Sunday she was no longer an employee there because of a social media post that the clinic said did \u201cnot reflect the value, standards or mission\u201d of the chain. \u201cI 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<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI understand my comment caused immense pain to those suffering indescribable grief and for that I am truly sorry,\u201d Propst added in a post first reported by the Texas news station KPRC<\/a>. \u201cI would like to make clear that my regrettable comment was in no way a response to the tragic loss of human life \u2026 and \u2026 that is a fact that I deeply regret.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the post that preceded the end of her time at Blue Fish Pediatrics on 4 July, Propst alluded to how Kerr county, Texas, had \u2013 like the state as a whole \u2013 voted in favor of Trump as he defeated former vice-president Kamala Harris in November\u2019s White House election.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s presidential administration has since sought to erase mentions of the ongoing climate crisis<\/a> and its consequences, one of which is making rainfall like that which devastated Kerr more common. The president has also mused about \u201cphasing out\u201d the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema)<\/a>, in part so that Trump\u2019s office could be in charge of distributing disaster relief funds and ultimately \u201cgive out less money\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cMay all visitors, children, non-Maga voters and pets be safe and dry,\u201d said the post, which invoked an acronym for Trump\u2019s \u201cMake America great again\u201d slogan. \u201cKerr county Maga voted to gut Fema. They deny climate change. May they get what they voted for.\u201d<\/p>\n

Residents of Kerr county have since spoken about losing all of their possessions, including their homes, after the flood in question. They have also recounted seeking what have proven to be elusive answers about the level of preparedness from authorities tasked with protecting their communities.<\/p>\n

Soon, the post made its way to Blue Fish Pediatrics, listed as an independent partner of Houston\u2019s well-known Memorial Hermann hospital network. The clinic chain \u2013 which was tagged by social media users demanding that it act against Propst \u2013 said in a statement that the group was immediately placing the message\u2019s author on leave. A statement later said that the post\u2019s author was \u201cno longer an employed\u201d at the chain while expressing \u201cfull support to the families and the surrounding communities who are grieving, recovering and searching for hope\u201d.<\/p>\n

Many US healthcare providers are required by their employers \u2013 as a condition of their employment \u2013 to avoid circulating opinions which could undermine trust in their profession among members of the public.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe strongly condemn the comments that were made in that post,\u201d Blue Fish Pediatrics\u2019 statement said. \u201cThat post does not reflect the values, standards or mission of Blue Fish Pediatrics. We do not support or condone any statement that politicizes tragedy, diminishes human dignity, or fails to clearly uphold compassion for every child and family, regardless of background or beliefs.\u201d<\/p>\n

The clinic chain\u2019s statement didn\u2019t say whether Propst had resigned or was dismissed. But on Wednesday, KPRC reported that Propst \u2013 in part \u2013 had since published another post saying she wanted to \u201capologize to each and every individual suffering through terrible loss in this difficult time\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe comment was mine and mine alone,\u201d Propst\u2019s post said, in part. \u201cEven in these divisive times, some things are and should remain sacred.\u201d<\/p>\n

The timing of the post that cost Propst her employment caused offense, being published after communities along Texas\u2019s Guadalupe River were overwhelmed early on Friday by flash flooding triggered by torrential rain. The river rose 26ft (8 meters) in 45 minutes after 1.8tn gallons of rain fell over a region including Kerr county, Texas, about 90 miles (145km) north-west of San Antonio.<\/p>\n

As of Wednesday, officials reported that at least 119 people had died, including more than two dozen campers and counselors at the nondenominational Christian institution of Camp Mystic<\/a> \u2013 with more than 160 in Kerr believed to be missing. That made up most of the more than 170 missing in all of Texas as of Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Kerr county residents who survived the flood have spoken about losing their homes and other possessions.<\/p>\n

According to a biography at Blue Fish\u2019s website which was recently taken offline, Propst is a native of New York who graduated from Princeton University in 1991. She graduated from New Orleans\u2019s Tulane medical school, received certifications from the American board as well as academy of pediatrics and spent 17 years in group practice in Houston before joining Blue Fish in 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pediatrician who is no longer working for a chain of clinics affiliated with a prominent Houston hospital…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6361,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-6360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}