Ted Cruz Accused of Flying to Cancun Amid Texas Power Outages As Photo Goes Viral (dollar, Colorado)
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Biden didn’t even mention Texas until 6 days later
Fact check....what DATE did the freeze occur in Texas? From what I've seen it was Sunday. TODAY would be 6 days. They lost power on Monday.
Biden declared it an emergency and shipped supplies to Texas on....Sunday night. To help a state who wanted to be isolationist by having its own separate power grid that THEY failed to maintain. And yet, Biden offered help without hesitation. And without throwing anyone paper towels.
Fun comments here. Yeah, but what about Cuomo? What about Obama? What about... anyone but Flyin' Ted.
You are so Wrong! Let me check back and re-read the thread title. I'm POSITIVE it mentioned Cuomo and Obama. What are you talking about? LOL. It's all in the title of the thread. Ya know the strategy of What about (insert Dem's name) is so 2020!!!!
Donald Trump Jr hits out ‘Democrat governor’ of Texas... who is actually Republican
The eldest son of former president Donald Trump took to Twitter and hit out at “the hypocrisy of those trying to cancel Ted Cruz,” adding that their silence “on their Democrat Governor’s incompetence is telling.”
Donald Trump Jr hits out ‘Democrat governor’ of Texas... who is actually Republican
The eldest son of former president Donald Trump took to Twitter and hit out at “the hypocrisy of those trying to cancel Ted Cruz,” adding that their silence “on their Democrat Governor’s incompetence is telling.”
Ironic that a Republican wanted to cross the boarder to give his family a better life.
With the Hefty government discount, the ritz Carleton could certainly give his family a better life. Maybe he had to fly down and show his government id in person to access the better rate.
Hannity had him on last night for an exclusive interview. Cruz said at one point his house was one of the few that had power. His daughters asked him if their friends could stay with them so he and his wife said yes. Cruz said he and his wife were finishing up cooking dinner when they lost power. He had his daughter's friends stay the night and in the morning his daughters asked if they could go somewhere warm. So he talked to his wife and decided to go to Cancun. Cruz admitted he was going to stay only for the weekend, but was going to work remotely. He also said he was in constant contact with his team about the storm. He said he was being advised to come back, and said he began to have second thoughts about staying while at the airport. So he told his wife and kids and their friends that he was going to go back to Texas.
And that's exactly what he did. He came back and is still working. I just find it funny that we now live in a world where so much work gets done remotely, and yet he got so much flack for it. I mean honestly, what would him physically being there do? Would that make the ice thaw faster? He was also taking a moment to be a dad. He's allowed to be a father and a politician at the same time. Many of you would've done the same thing for your family.
The major difference is that Newsom and Whitmer are governors. Cruz is a Senator. His job is not to stay in Texas and govern.
Technically you're correct. However if Cruz still has Presidential aspirations he needs to demonstrate his crisis bona fides better than this sorry episode.
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Originally Posted by godofthunder9010
What I'm calling for is consistency. If it is reasonable to expect that Senators and Congresspeople must be in their states during any and all ongoing disasters, they that standard must be applied consistently.
So let's say that Senator Cruz needs to be in-state for this disaster. Well then, show me where Nancy Pelosi consistently flew back to and stayed in California when the state was on fire. If she actually did that, then the expectation is not hypocritical. Obviously, nobody was keeping track of whether or not Nancy Pelosi was in state and actively doing something. Consider that for a moment. Nobody on this forum can tell me right off the top of their heads whether or not Nancy Pelosi ever went on vacation while people in her district and state were burning and many of them dying. Why don't we know that??? If we don't know that, then why are we keeping tabs on Senator Cruz???
Short Version: Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
California has a months-long wildfire season every year, some worse than others of course, and big fires burn for weeks. It's a fact of life there and there's an infrastructure to deal with it. Plus she's not entirely idle:
This is a once in a generation disaster in Texas. Ted fled.
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