Investigating claims Houston pediatrician lost her job over Facebook comments about Texas floods

In July 2025, after flooding left at least 100 people dead or missing in Texas, a claim (archived) circulated online that a pediatric practice in Houston fired a doctor named Christina Propst after she posted online that Texas flood victims were Trump supporters who "got what they voted for."

One X user whose post had 2.5 million views at the time of this writing wrote, "JUST IN: Houston, Texas pediatrician Dr. Christina Propst has been FIRED after facing mass backlash for posting that the 80+ Texas flood victims, including children, were Trump supporters who 'got what they voted for.'" 

According to screenshots shared across Facebook (archived), X (archived), Threads (archived), Instagram (archived) and TikTok (archived), Propst wrote: 

May all visitors, children, non-MAGA voters and pets be safe and dry.

Kerr County MAGA voted to gut FEMA.

They deny climate change.

May they get what they voted for.

Bless their hearts.

Online claims identified the poster with the display name "Chris Tina" in screenshots shared online as Dr. Christina Propst, working at Blue Fish Pediatrics in Houston.

Propst confirmed to Snopes via email that she wrote the comment attributed to her on a Facebook account called "Chris Tina." However, Propst said in a statement shared with Snopes over email that she made the comments "before we knew that so many precious lives were lost to the terrible tragedy in Central Texas" and that the comments were "in no way a response to the tragic loss of human life."

However, Propst also said Blue Fish Pediatrics did not fire her, but rather "that in order to protect her colleagues and pediatric practice from escalating harassment and threats, she resigned voluntarily and in good standing." Blue Fish Pediatrics posted (archived) on July 6 that a physician was "no longer employed," but did not specify that they were fired, after the physician made social media comments that the practice previously called (archived) as causing "significant hurt and outrage." Snopes viewed a copy of Propst's resignation letter, effective July 6.

Given the above, we rate the claim a mixture of true and false elements. It was true that Propst was no longer employed at Blue Fish Pediatrics after making a social media comment during the Texas floods, but we found no evidence the practice fired her. It was also true that Propst made the comments attributed to her, but, according to Propst, she made them early on in the flooding and not in response to reports of flood deaths. 

Propst's bio disappeared from the Blue Fish Pediatrics website sometime between June 8 and July 8, 2025, along with one other employee bio. We could not find an original version of Propst's alleged comment, which appeared to have been deleted at the time of this writing, nor could we find the profile that made them. 

However, some screenshots (archived) included a reply from another Facebook user. A Google search (archived) of this reply led to a July 4, 2025, post (archived) by Kerr County Sheriff's Office about reunification centers following the flooding, suggesting that the "Chris Tina" user may have made the comment on this post but since deleted it. Kerr County Sheriff's Office confirmed (archived) "fatalities" following the flooding in a separate post released a few hours before the one "Chris Tina" appeared to have commented on. 

A spokesperson for the Texas Medical Board confirmed via email that its July 6 statement (archived) referencing "controversial political comments made by a TMB physician licensee" in relation to the Texas flooding referred to Propst. Board President Sherif Zaafran said on X (archived) in response to a screenshot of Propst's alleged comment that the physician in question was a woman who worked for Blue Fish Pediatrics. 

At the time of this writing, a spokesperson for the TMB said it could not comment on "potential disciplinary actions" by TMB against Propst. The board wrote on July 6: "The Medical Practice Act gives the TMB authority to take action after receiving a complaint regarding patient harm, patient mistreatment, impairment, or legal, ethical, or professional violations while treating or attempting to treat a patient."