Ex-Texas mayor says wife was fired after he called residents ‘lazy’ amid snowstorm

The ex-Texas mayor who slammed his constituents as lazy following the epic winter storm earlier this week — which knocked out energy and warmth to many residents — claims his wife was fired over his blistering feedback.

Tim Boyd, the previous mayor of Colorado Metropolis, doubled down on his remarks from Tuesday — however stated his wife shouldn’t have been punished for “defending me.”

“The anger and harassment you may have prompted my wife and household is so undeserved….my wife was laid off of her job based mostly off the affiliation individuals gave to her and the enterprise she labored for,” Boyd wrote within the since-deleted Fb put up obtained by the Abilene Reporter-Information.

“She’s an excellent particular person and was solely defending me! However her to should get fired from her job over issues I stated out of context is so horrible.”

Boyd ripped residents of his tiny metropolis, about 250 miles west of Dallas, as they grappled with energy outages and water shortages amid freezing temperatures after the lethal winter storm swept by means of.

“If in case you have no water you… suppose outdoors of the field to outlive and provide water to your loved ones,” the previous mayor wrote within the preliminary put up. “Should you had been sitting at dwelling within the chilly as a result of you don’t have any energy and are sitting there ready for somebody to come back rescue you as a result of your lazy is direct results of your elevating!”

He later claimed that he had resigned previous to the feedback, which he stated had been made as a non-public citizen.

Boyd’s wife, Casey, labored as an administrative assistant secretary within the native college system, the Every day Mail reported, citing her LinkedIn web page.

Boyd apologized for “the wording and a few of the phrases that had been used” in his first put up, saying he’s obtained threats.

“I’d by no means need to harm the aged or anybody that’s in true want of assist to be left to fend for themselves,” he wrote. “I was solely making the assertion that these of us which are too lazy to stand up and fend for themselves however are succesful shouldn’t be dealt a handout.”