Perkins said in the video it wasn’t that she didn’t want the girls who went missing to not be found. She made reference to the area’s demographics, and said that in “today’s political climate,” a group of Hispanic girls who went missing wouldn’t get the same attention.
“If this were a group of Hispanic girls out there, this would not be getting this type of coverage that they’re getting. No one would give a f---,” Perkins said. “And all these white people, the parents of these little girls, would be saying things like, ‘They need to be deported, they shouldn’t have been here in the first place.’”
Perkins continued in her video that the children’s parents had chosen to go to the camp to carve out “an all-white, whites only enclave” for their white children.
“Yeah, I have a problem with that,” Perkins said. “I have a big problem with that.”
The video Perkins posted has been viewed more than 165,000 times as of Sunday morning and received 2,414 comments. Perkins has since set her TikTok account to private.
Perkins, who confirmed the video was hers in an interview with the Houston Chronicle on Sunday, said that she wasn’t saying the victims deserved what happened to them or that they shouldn’t be found. She added she has received racist comments on her video.
She added that “these same MAGA Christians” would be “thrilled” if the victims “floating down that river” were LGTBQ.
In response to her removal from the city board, Perkins said Whitmire hasn’t done anything in regard to food insecurity, that it wasn’t his priority and that the board wasn’t doing much.
In a statement Sunday, Whitmire said Perkins’ comments were “deeply inappropriate and have no place in a decent society, especially as families grieve the confirmed deaths and the ongoing search for the missing.”
Whitmire said he has no plans to reappoint Perkins to the board and will permanently remove her.
Camp Mystic was created in 1926 and is located just north of Kerville. Its website advertises it as a “wholesome Christian atmosphere in which they can develop outstanding personal qualities and self-esteem.”
