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<title>Classy: University of Tampa Professor Says Texas Deserved a Hurricane Because The State Voted For Trump  - Katie Pavlich</title>
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<p>By now you've seen the horrific images out of Texas showing the utter devastation left behind by Hurricane Harvey. The impact is ongoing and thousands of people were rescued over the weekend as their homes filled with water.&nbsp;</p><p>One University of Tampa sociology professor thinks Texans deserve the devastation and explained why on Sunday as the worst of the storm continued to bear down on Houston.&nbsp;</p><p>"I don't believe in instant Karma but this kind of feels like it for Texas. Hopefully this will help them realize GOP doesn't care about them," Professor Ken Storey tweeted and then deleted. "Those who voted for him [Trump] here deserve it as well."&nbsp;</p><p>Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk has screenshots.&nbsp;</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">WOW! Professor at U of Tampa says GOP voters and Houston residents DESERVE <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hurricaneharvey?src=hash">#hurricaneharvey</a> because of how they voted -- SICK!<br><br>RT!! <a href="https://t.co/9yggDyT55B">pic.twitter.com/9yggDyT55B</a></p>— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href="https://twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/902231344461336580">August 28, 2017</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p>For the record Houston, the city taking the brunt of the storm with catastrophic flooding, is overwhelmingly Democratic.&nbsp;</p><p>I'll end this post with this:&nbsp;</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Texas, you didn't deserve this, but my goodness ya'll are making this country proud. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TexasStrong?src=hash">#TexasStrong</a>
<a href="https://t.co/Cs8WEvQNkL">pic.twitter.com/Cs8WEvQNkL</a></p>— Ellison Barber (@ellisonbarber) <a href="https://twitter.com/ellisonbarber/status/901926619102806016">August 27, 2017</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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