<p>WASHINGTON—Congressman August Pfluger recalled the devastation that swept through his hometown during the July 4th floods in a candid interview with The Daily Wire on Tuesday.</p>
<p>The Texas Republican spoke with Daily Wire White House Correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan during the &#8220;new media row&#8221; event sponsored by the Republican Study Committee, which he chairs. Pfluger represents Texas&#8217;s 11th district, which includes many of the communities stricken by the floods.</p>
<p>He said two of his daughters were at Camp Mystic when the floods hit.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a horrible feeling as a parent to know that you&#8217;re not sure whether your children are okay,&#8221; Pfluger said. &#8220;And in this case of my two daughters that were there and had been going to this camp for a long time, it was a very scary moment.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re lucky my daughters, who were at the camp, are safe,&#8221; Pfluger said. &#8220;You know, it was very, very stressful and hard to go through that, but Texans are strong &#8230; We need a lot of prayers from around the country right now.&#8221;</p>
<p>Twenty-seven Camp Mystic campers, many around eight years old, and several camp counselors, died in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/unimaginable-tragedy-camp-mystic-says-27-campers-and-counselors-killed-in-sudden-flash-floods" target="_blank" rel="noopener">floods</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s truly tragic,&#8221; Pfluger said. &#8220;So many families are grieving right now. … It&#8217;s hard to even describe what happened. I mean, just something on a scale and magnitude that we&#8217;ve never seen. And our prayers were with a lot of families.&#8221;</p>
<p>Pfluger expressed his gratitude to the quick actions of Texas Governor Abbot and the Trump administration for declaring disasters in the state.</p>
<p>When some <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/libs-dragged-for-blaming-texas-flood-disaster-on-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">commentators</a> began to inject politics into the bleak situation, Pfluger noted that this travesty was an opportunity for those who sit in different political camps to come together.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve had many Democrats who have reached out to me in this period,&#8221; Pfluger said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve learned a lot about those people, and they didn&#8217;t say one thing about any of the politicization, but there are those who have chosen to do that.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s no place for [politicization]. … I think the rest of us — the rest of society — just want to know how can we help. That&#8217;s the first question that most people ask. That&#8217;s the part of society that I want to be with. Those are the people that I think are going to help all of us rise up and be strong, whose voices are louder right now.&#8221;</p>
<p>While the final toll of the devastation will not be fully known until the affected communities recover, there are still countless searches ongoing. Those in central Texas not searching for a loved one have begun attempting to return their communities to normalcy.</p>
<p>&#8220;If you know somebody and most people have a connection in Texas, especially to somebody who was affected by this, reach out to them, ask him how they&#8217;re doing,&#8221; Pfluger urged Americans.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s okay if you asked them before. Ask them again.&#8221;</p>

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