Some are finding glee in the deaths of ‘White MAGA’ children in Texas
Houston Mayor John Whitmire said on Sunday he is permanently removing Sade Perkins from the city’s Food Insecurity Board after she cheered the deaths of White children in deadly flash floods.
The floods that struck Texas Hill Country over the weekend have so far claimed over 80 lives, including 28 children. Twenty-seven campers and counselors from Camp Mystic, a summer camp for Christian girls, are among the dead.
Perkins, who was appointed by former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner to the Houston Food Insecurity Board in October 2023, took to social media on Saturday to suggest the children deserved to die because they were White.
“I know I’m probably going to get cancelled for this, but Camp Mystic is a Whites-only, girls’ Christian camp,” Perkins said in a TikTok video. “They don’t even have a token Asian, they don’t have a token Black person. It is a all-White, White-only, conservative Christian camp. If you ain’t White, you ain’t right, you ain’t getting in, you ain’t going. Period. And I think that context needs to be said in this matter. ”
Perkins emphasized that she wasn’t saying “we don’t want the girls [who are still missing] to be found,” but claimed that their parents would not have cared about another race.
“If this were a group of Hispanic girls out there, this would not be getting this type of coverage that they’re getting. No one would give a f*ck,” Perkins said. “And all these White people, the parents of these little girls, would be saying things like, ‘They need to be deported, they shouldn’t have been here in the first place.’”
She then blamed the parents for making “the freaking choice” to “make an all-White enclave” for their children. “Yeah, I have a problem with that,” she said. “I have a big problem with that.”
Camp Mystic, which does not disqualify applicants based on race, charges $4,375 per camper for a 30-day session.
Perkins, who is a non-resident fellow at Princeton University, reportedly owns and operates the Freedmen’s Town Farmer’s Market in Houston’s Fourth Ward neighborhood. Her video racked up hundreds of thousands of views and received thousands of comments. When a user commented that there would be “consequences” for her controversial remarks, Perkins replied: “Consequences for what?? Maybe it was gods will to wash them lil c***s away,” adding laughing emojis.
On Sunday, Mayor Whitmire said Perkins’ remarks were “deeply inappropriate and have no place in a decent society, especially as families grieve the confirmed deaths and the ongoing search for the missing.” He confirmed he has no plans to reappoint Perkins, whose term ended in January, and said that “the City is taking steps to remove her permanently from the board.”
But in a second video, Perkins doubled down on her remarks and expressed her hatred for White people and President Donald Trump. She claimed to be “exhausted” by “White folks,” who give her “a headache every day of my life.”
“And it’s really been ten times worse since this Trump sh*t has been off the ground,” Perkins said.
‘May they get what they voted for’
The former Houston official wasn’t the only one to cheer on the deaths of children because of Trump. Dr. Christina B. Propst, a Texas pediatrician, expressed glee at the thought of Trump voters being swept away in the floods because “they deny climate change.”
“May all visitors, children, non-MAGA voters and pets be safe and dry,” Dr. Propst wrote in a since-deleted post. “Kerr County MAGA voted to gut FEMA. They deny climate change. May they get what they voted for. Bless their hearts.”
Blue Fish Pediatrics, the doctor’s office where Propst worked, has since announced that the pediatrician is no longer employed there. “As we previously mentioned in our original statement, we strongly condemn the comments that were made in that post. That post does not reflect the values, standards, or mission of Blue Fish Pediatrics,” the company said. “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,” the doctor’s office added.
