This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated. The fact that he did, and remained lighthearted enough to tweet a joke this week about Cancún plane ticket prices rising with inflation, makes it easier to understand why Texan infrastructure failed so hard last year and remains vulnerable today. Ĭruz had no reason to count himself among the victims. Surge pricing stuck many with four-figure electric bills, even if they had spotty service. Millions of others huddled in frigid homes for days, without secure supplies of food or potable water. Some 246 people died during the last Texas energy grid debacle. He is the kind of guy who can pay someone else to go pick up these items for him. “HuffPost should spend their time doing the same thing instead of writing weird, baseless hit pieces.”Ĭruz’s office declined to answer whether the senator has purchased or learned how to use water jugs or generators since last year.Ĭruz’s apparent lack of preparedness last year was even more glaring considering that he is not a work-a-day American but a lawyer with an estimated net worth of $3.2 million. Cruz is focused on making sure Texans have the emergency resources they need,” a spokesperson for Cruz wrote in an email. A couple of plastic jugs, a generator and a space heater could have solved his problem for less than $1,000 - a small fraction of the cost of flying the whole family to a Mexican resort on a moment’s notice. Public service requires taking care of yourself so that you can devote your energy to meeting the needs of others. May not own warm clothes or a sleeping bag, or have anyone in his life willing to snuggle with him. The fact that Cruz expected the state to guarantee, forever and without interruption, his supply of power and water should raise questions about the sincerity of his belief in small government.ĭidn’t seem to know that severe weather can interrupt utility service ĭidn’t appear to store water ahead of a well-broadcast potential service interruption ĭoesn’t seem to own a generator, even though he lives outside a city that experienced widespread power outages during a major hurricane four years prior As a cold front brings sub-freezing temperatures to portions of the Lone Star State this week. “We want our power back, our water on, and our homes warm.” 13, 2021.) Alex Brandon/AP Twitter is abuzz following a recent Ted Cruz tweet. “Like millions of Texans, our family lost heat and power too,” Cruz wrote in a press statement defending the choice. The excuse didn’t save him from a heaping helping of scorn for abandoning the state at an all-hands-on-deck moment. When the press found out and he came back, he said the freezing conditions required him to placate his children with a foreign vacation. (Photo: via Associated Press)Ĭruz booked his family a flight to the Mexican resort town of Cancún. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, walks to check in for his flight back to the U.S., at Cancún International Airport in Cancún, Mexico, on Feb.
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