I think y'all know I loathe Rafael Cruz -- he is a snake among snakes. But I have also always hated the "he flew to Hawaii, with his family!" "He's playing golf again!" stuff about our elected leaders. I mean, yeah, some overdo it, for sure. The way Trump charged me and you for his golf vacations to his resorts made me mad, okay. But here: Governors and mayors have real responsibilities in weather emergencies to their constituents. They are local executives in some sense. What is a federal legislator representing TX supposed to do in a TX weather crisis? I mean... the optics here are terrible, and this was very stupid of him. But I don't see him abandoning his duty exactly to the US Senate at the moment, (unless he's skipping some confirmation hearings or something right now). Do people want him to shovel snow or salt ice on TX highways? There are so many better reasons to criticize the blobfish and I don't even mean his neuvo mulleto.
Fair. And he could do that by phone from anywhere, but yeah, he should have sent his family to Mexico and stayed with his constituents in the ice, for sure. No doubt about it. He definitely missed the photo op of have manly boots, a manly lumberjack coat and sitting by his fireplace to conserve valuable TX electricity for the less fortunate. (That's what I would usually expect from him.)
seems like Teddy is getting trashed mainly because we all know if a Democratic Senator had just flown away to chill during a crisis, the right wing would be killing that person the same way Obama used to get attacked for golfing, but then Trump comes and golfs way more than Obama ever did...for many, it’s probably just a case of returning that same energy also, it’s terrible optics it’s whatever to me tho...it’s not like anything is gonna happen to Ted Cruz because of this, and by next week, it will be all blown over anyways I just HATE Ted Cruz, so any vitriol being aimed towards, I say carry on
I actually agree with the sentiment but you have to factor in the hypocrisy of him calling out somebody else for doing the same thing. And sorry the optics are just terrible especially when you are always going on the "elites".
You are being way way too generous. Texas is right in the thick of an acute environmental disaster. Cruz and his staff can #fledcruz
He need to do something! https://news.yahoo.com/beto-orourke-organizing-wellness-checks-153000413.html Beto is doing something!
