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    Ted Cruz’s Cancun trip violates the first rule of politics


    Talk about selfish jackasses. I mean really?? He really needed to be there for the Texan people. Do something you POS. How nice, going to Cancun. He is, honest to god, the low of the low. He really is scum.

    In politics, there are a few unwritten rules that every good politician adheres to. Don’t compare any situation to Nazi Germany. Don’t get out of step with your party base. And perhaps most importantly, when things go sideways for your constituents, don’t go on vacation.

    Texas Sen. Ted Cruz broke that rule this week when he and his family were spotted hopping on a plane to the resort town of Cancun, Mexico, amid a devastating winter storm and subsequent power grid failure in his home state that has left millions in dire straits.


    Cruz sought to frame the trip as a necessary dad moment on Thursday. “Wanting to be a good dad, I flew down with them last night and am flying back this afternoon,” he said in a statement. “My staff and I are in constant communication with state and local leaders to get to the bottom of what happened in Texas.”
    No one expects Cruz to fix the problems with Texas power grid. (As I explained on Wednesday, the issue with the grid has its roots in Texas’ long-standing belief that it is an independent nation-state, operating entirely apart from the federal government’s reach.)
    Cruz isn’t a power grid expert. Nor, as a senator, does he have any ability to effect immediate change in the way the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which runs the Texas grid, operates. (ERCOT is overseen by the Texas state legislature and the state’s Public Utility Commission.)

    But in moments of crisis – and there are millions of Texans in crisis right now – people look to politicians for comfort and reassurance. And they do it even if they know that no one particular politician has the ability to help them out of their current problems. They do it because, in theory, our elected officials are leaders in our community and, therefore, are responsible for bringing the community together in moments of tragedy or catastrophe.
    Ted Cruz's Cancun trip violates the first rule of politics - CNN Politics

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    Out of curiosity @Leanne778 what was Cruz supposed to do ??

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    Quote Originally Posted by hanger4 View Post
    Out of curiosity @Leanne778 what was Cruz supposed to do ??
    People look for comfort and reassurance from their politicians. He could help out at warming centers or handing out food or water to people in crisis.

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    and if he'd showed up in town the left would have criticized him for THAT.

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    Has Biden said/done anything?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leanne778 View Post
    People look for comfort and reassurance from their politicians. He could help out at warming centers or handing out food or water to people in crisis.

    Do you need that? Comfort and reassurance? Is that the reason you're always bashing only Republican politicians? That don't do that for you?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Calypso Jones View Post
    and if he'd showed up in town the left would have criticized him for THAT.

    Exactly, it would have been, "look at him, pretending to care".

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    Ted cruz went to cancun. Governor Cuomo killed 15,000 elderly and lied about it.

    Want to compare?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Calypso Jones View Post
    Ted cruz went to cancun. Governor Cuomo killed 15,000 elderly and lied about it.

    Want to compare?

    It's only Republican politicians, that give Leanne fits.

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    CHinese have death camps. Biden says, 'it's a different culture'.

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