Georgia politician claims Texas flood was a land grab

A Republican congressional candidate is promoting a conspiracy theory that the recent Texas floods, which killed over sixty people, were "fake" and part of a land grab. She is linking the tragedy to a planned $175 million natural gas power plant. Kandiss Taylor, a 2022 Georgia gubernatorial candidate, made the claims on social media, despite ongoing search and rescue efforts. She cited a post suggesting weather manipulation to facilitate the plant's construction, echoing a similar alleged land grab in Asheville, North Carolina. Taylor's claims have drawn criticism, but she continues to promote the conspiracy. The original post she linked to suggested the government uses flooding to acquire land for projects, citing a pattern of such events.