Houston Mayor John Whitmire is taking steps to permanently remove a member of the city’s food insecurity board following racial comments she made on social media about the devastating flooding in the Hill Country that decimated Camp Mystic, a private summer camp for girls.

The reverend boyfriend of the former Houston mayoral appointee who went on a tirade against Camp Mystic — where 27 campers and counselors were killed in the Texas flooding — has criticized his partner’s controversial comments.