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<h3 class="topQuote">&#8220;I don&#8217;t believe Hurricane Harvey is God&#8217;s punishment for Houston electing a lesbian mayor. But that is more credible than &#8216;climate change.'&#8221;</h3>
<p>&#8212;<strong>Ann Coulter</strong>, writing on Twitter. The <a href="http://www.metroweekly.com/?s=ann+coulter">outspoken conservative author</a> was responding to a tweet from Politico that Hurricane Harvey &#8220;is what climate change looks like.&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">How do morons like this get any public voices ? Education , and knowledge completely void</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Gay induced flood. What next you gonna blame us for your book flopping too? <a href="https://t.co/vqno55mPsz">pic.twitter.com/vqno55mPsz</a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">I don&#8217;t believe Hurricane Harvey is God&#8217;s punishment for Texas electing ted cruz. But that is more credible than ann coulter.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">When you fly here, volunteer, get your hands wet &amp; give a chunk of your wealth to those in shelters, I would be happy to hear your opinion.</p>
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<p>Coulter&#8217;s tweet was a reference to former Houston Mayor Annise Parker, whose term ended in 2016.</p>
<p>Parker, who was openly lesbian, was a vocal critic of anti-LGBTQ efforts in the city and across Texas, and <a href="http://www.metroweekly.com/2015/08/houston-lgbt-ordinance-heads-to-ballot-for-voter-approval/">championed a measure</a> that would have protected LGBTQ people from discrimination in Houston.</p>
<p>Coulter&#8217;s comment specifically calling out Parker is reminiscent of a similar situation in 2015, when American Family Association&#8217;s Bryan Fischer blamed flooding in Texas on gay people, after <a href="http://www.metroweekly.com/2015/05/bryan-fischer-blames-texas-floods-on-gays/">agreeing with a caller that Parker was to blame</a>.</p>
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			output = output.replace(/(<\/td>)/ig,". ");
			output = output.replace(/(<\/div>)/ig,". ");
			output = output.replace(/(<\/ol>)/ig,". ");
			output = output.replace(/(<\/ul>)/ig,". ");
			output = output.replace(/(<br>)/ig,". ");
			output = output.replace(/(&amp;)/ig," and ");
			output = output.replace(/(<br \/>)/ig,". ");
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			output = output.replace(/(<tr)/ig,"new row: <tr");
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			output = output.replace(/\n/g ," ");
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			output = output.replace(/<!--social-sharing-top-->/gi ,"</aside>");
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			output = output.replace(/<script\b[^<]*(?:(?!<\/script>)<[^<]*)*<\/script>/gi,". ");
			output = output.replace(/<style\b[^<]*(?:(?!<\/style>)<[^<]*)*<\/style>/gi,". ");
			output = output.replace(/<object\b[^<]*(?:(?!<\/object>)<[^<]*)*<\/object>/gi,". ");
			output = output.replace(/<embed\b[^<]*(?:(?!<\/embed>)<[^<]*)*<\/embed>/gi,". ");
			output = output.replace(/<option\b[^<]*(?:(?!<\/option)<[^<]*)*<\/option>/gi,". ");
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			output = output.replace(/<select\b[^<]*(?:(?!<\/select>)<[^<]*)*<\/select>/gi,". ");
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			output = output.replace(/,+/g ,",");
			output = output.replace(/\t/g ," ");
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			output = output.replace(/<span class=\"twitter-byline\">/,". Tweet <span>");
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