You're wrong that Texas hasn't voted Republican since the 60's: they've voted Republican since Reagan in 1981. And they voted Democrat long before the 60s when they were segregationist, before the Republicans became the racist party with the Southern Strategy.
Is this really a surprise to you because you are you a Russian troll who never learned about US history, or are you just too intellectually lazy to look it up in Wikipedia?
Solid Democratic South: Texas backed Democrats for president through the mid-1960s -- even as the party enforced segregationist policies at home—carrying LBJ with 63.32% in 1964.
1960s Democratic wins: John F. Kennedy won Texas in 1960 (50.52% - 48.52%) and Hubert Humphrey narrowly carried it in 1968 with 41.14%.
Early “swing” elections: Richard Nixon broke through in 1972 (66.20% for Nixon vs. 33.24% for McGovern), but Democrats reclaimed it for Jimmy Carter in 1976 (51.14%).
Reagan realignment: Beginning with Ronald Reagan’s win in 1980, Texas has voted Republican in every presidential contest since.
Statewide Democratic comebacks: Even after that, Texas elected Democrat Mark White governor in 1982 (53% - 46%) and Ann Richards in 1990 (49.5% - 46.9%).
U.S. Senate (Democratic representation)
Ralph Yarborough (D) served from 1957 - 1971, leading the liberal wing of the party in Washington
Lloyd Bentsen (D) won the Class 1 seat in 1970 (took office 1971) and was reelected in 1976, 1982, and 1988 -- he remains the last Democrat Texas voters sent to the Senate in a general election.
Bob Krueger (D) was appointed by Governor Ann Richards in January 1993 to fill Bentsen’s seat; he served until June 1993, when he lost the special election to Kay Bailey Hutchison (R).
Governor’s Mansion & Statewide Offices
Mark White (D) broke the GOP’s hold in 1982, defeating incumbent Bill Clements and serving as governor 1983 - 1987.
Ann Richards (D) won the 1990 gubernatorial race -- she was governor 1991 - 1995 and the last Democrat (and last woman) to hold that office.
Texas Legislature
Senate majority: Democrats held the State Senate until 1996 (75th Legislature); Republicans first took control in 1997.
House majority: Democrats controlled the Texas House through 2002; Republicans gained it in 2003 (78th Legislature).
And if tech companies turned Texas Red since the 80s, are you blaming Microsoft and Apple or IBM for it happening back then?
Do you really think if it weren’t for BigTech Red states like Texas would be a liberal utopia?
Yes, because I as Black person who grew up in the south, whose still living parents grew up in the segregated south, who lived in a county that was a “sun down town” as recently as the mid 80s (yes this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WErjPmFulQ0), whose six foot 2 step son got looked at suspiciously every time we walked out our house even though we made twice the median household income in the county know that America has always had a majority of people swayed by dog whistles from Willy Horton, to “Haitians eating pets”, “immigrants bringing crime and disease”, “the gays are trying to force your boys to wear dresses”, “Obama is a secret Muslim and really not an American citizen” etc.
Fox News is a reflection on a large part of America not the cause of it.
The issue with lack of flood preparation was not racism specifically. Nor were the FEMA contracts stopped because of racism. But it was very much MAGA. And it was exactly what big tech was trying to achieve.
The FEMA being destroyed is very much Musk doing. Open positions in NWS were literally open because Musk bought place in government so that he can slash them.