Charlie Kirk said the floods happened because of DEI.

The claim that 'Charlie Kirk said the floods happened because of DEI' is a misrepresentation of what Kirk actually said. According to the sources, Charlie Kirk stated that the death toll from the Texas floods 'would not have been as high if it wasn’t for DEI,' implying that DEI policies undermined meritocratic institutions and contributed to incompetence in handling the disaster.

However, this is not a factual cause-and-effect statement supported by evidence; rather, it is a political opinion blaming DEI for poor outcomes. The claim as presented suggests that Kirk said the floods themselves happened because of DEI, which is inaccurate. He linked DEI to the death toll and response failures, not the occurrence of flooding itself.

There is no scientific or factual basis for attributing natural flood events to DEI policies. Therefore, while Kirk did make a statement blaming DEI for aspects related to the flood's impact, the core content of the claim, that floods happened because of DEI, is false.