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The cartoon by Pat Bagley published August 28, 2017, depicts three Texas figures in cowboy hats voicing classic anti-government slogans in the top panel. Below, a FEMA worker in a raft approaches as the same figures, now perched on a Texas sign, exclaim that God heard their prayers and praise the Lord. The work responds to Hurricane Harvey's landfall and flooding in Houston and the Gulf Coast, where federal disaster response clashed with longstanding small-government rhetoric from Texas officials and some evangelical voices. It underscores the tension between ideological opposition to federal programs and practical reliance on them during a major natural disaster.
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A political cartoon published August 28, 2017, depicts residents in floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey holding a sign reading 'Everything is BIGGER in TEXAS.' A speech bubble states 'THAT'S NOT ALWAYS A GOOD THING.' The image responds to the historic flooding that submerged parts of Houston and other Texas cities after Harvey made landfall, with the cartoon using the state's well-known slogan to highlight the disaster's unprecedented scope.
