Satellite of Love said:

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texag_2011 said:

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There are some who might not care but it's undoubtedly a terrible look for a leader to be seen as leaving their constituents in what could be considered their hour of greatest need.
Even if it's true that there is little he could do by remaining, the optics don't look good.

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You realize several of the people that oversee the Texas electrical grid aren't living in Texas. They aren't there in their constituents' hour of need. They are in their state with power living comfortably with six figure salaries.

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BallerStaf2003 said:

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agjacent said:

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Looks like maybe he decided that vacationing in Mexico right now was not very smart.

Too bad, someone should have linked him to this thread so he could realize how much his voters love the idea of him leaving the country while Texas is in crisis!

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Wow. It's almost like he had a massive err in judgment and other republicans told him the optics are terrible.

But that can't be because so many here are saying it's a non issue. Weird.

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bad_teammate said:

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lol Ted

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Txagg_2006 said:

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Holy crap, are y'all serious right now? Ted Cruz flying to Cancun is him somehow fulfilling his constitutional duty? Did he tell you how it tastes too?

He's no Texan. I can't fix a power plant but I'm here finding food for my neighbors or helping them unthaw pipes or calling to friends to see if they are ok and to help them find shelters. To say there's nothing he can do is to say he's not even a person. An Ag doesn't leave their neighbors in the cold and a real Texan isn't in Mexico when Texas needs us. This man doesn't deserve y'all's excuses.

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BallerStaf2003 said:

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RossG_2 said:

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So there's now fewer people in Texas to use power and water. Makes sense.

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The hypocrisy of this board. If a democrat did this it'd e talked about for years.

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agjacent said:

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While millions of Texans are without power and water in subzero temperatures, Ted Cruz flew to Cancun for a vacation.

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B-1 83 said:

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larry culpepper said:

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aTmAg said:

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LOL at liberals who want to be "led" by senators.

How much more beta can one be than that?

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I had no idea yall had rock bottom standards for elected officials. You expect no better leadership from a senator as you do a gas station clerk.

But then again, the GOP elected Donald Trump, so idk why I am over here thinking the GOP had any sort of standards they expect out of their leaders.

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Can you pinpoint where Sheila Jackson Lee and Joaquin Castro are right now?

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aTm2004 said:

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bad_teammate said:

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lol Ted

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How is this remotely the same? Cruz isn't advocating for people to stay home and not be able to work or support themselves.

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StandUpforAmerica said:

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awinlonghorn said:

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The republican/cruz playbook :

Never let the worst natural disaster in 30 years affecting millions of your constituents stop you from going to cancun!

or

When you constituents are suffering, get out of town and go on vacation!

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This is nowhere near the worst natural disaster.... Harvey says hello. Quit being such a drama queen.

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aTm2004 said:

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agjacent said:

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Looks like maybe he decided that vacationing in Mexico right now was not very smart.

Too bad, someone should have linked him to this thread so he could realize how much his voters love the idea of him leaving the country while Texas is in crisis!

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Or maybe he flew down there to get his wife and children settled in and safe, then came back?

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larry culpepper said:

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aTmAg said:

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LOL at liberals who want to be "led" by senators.

How much more beta can one be than that?

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I had no idea yall had rock bottom standards for elected officials. You expect no better leadership from a senator as you do a gas station clerk.

But then again, the GOP elected Donald Trump, so idk why I am over here thinking the GOP had any sort of standards they expect out of their leaders.

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Gigem314 said:

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BallerStaf2003 said:

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You Beto bots need to get some better material.

Ted Cruz has done an outstanding job representing the state of Texas.

And unlike the blindly partisan leaders you support, Ted had displayed the ability to work with his opponents...like Trump...or polar opposites in Congress like AOC.

But "Orange man" will forever be stuck in your heads.

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Viper16 said:

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agjacent said:

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While millions of Texans are without power and water in subzero temperatures, Ted Cruz flew to Cancun for a vacation.

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Do y'all even know who David Shuster is.......

"David Martin Shuster is an American television journalist and talk radio host. He most recently served as principal anchor and managing editor for i24NEWS, previously serving as an anchor for MSNBC and worked for Fox News, CNN, Current TV, and Al Jazeera America.

Nothing more than a DRCPB hack reporter!

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AggDogg61 said:

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agjacent said:

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While millions of Texans are without power and water in subzero temperatures, Ted Cruz flew to Cancun for a vacation.

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So you are more worried about Cruz and his family taking a vacation to Cancun while your boy Biden is:
Allowing boys to compete in girls sports
Ignoring the threat of China
Starting to crash the economy
Going to remove your second amendment rights
Stating that minorities can't work a computer
Continuing to lock us down while opening up the border.
Yep, a Cruz vacation is going to kill our state and country.

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annie88 said:

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Not the best optics I have to say.

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SA68AG said:

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aTm2004 said:

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SA68AG said:

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Couple this trip and his remarks about California's power outages , he definitely comes across as a typical elitist , hypocritical politician.

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California's power issues are an annual thing because they refuse to take care of the underbrush, so the do rolling blackouts to prevent wild fires. What happened in Texas is a once every quarter century occurrence. That's the biggest difference, and honestly, if there were $10mm earmarked for weather improvements, I'd prefer it be used to keep power on during hurricanes/floods vs. single digit temps, because one happens frequently.

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I understand perfectly that California's problems are self-inflicted because of ridiculous state policies there.

I'm talking about perception issues for Cruz. If anyone here thinks this trip and his tweet about California won't be used ,and effectively used, against him and Republicans then I can only say you live in an alternate universe from reality. you know the same one that predicted a Trump landslide and and a 10 point victory over Beta

Republicans need to flip the dialogue and show how increasing reliance on wind power was the cause of our shortages and start talking about nuclear power as the solution.Cruz should be in Houston right now making that argument not in Cancun.

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BallerStaf2003 said:

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bad_teammate said:

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lol Ted

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There's always a tweet for Ted. Always.

Maybe he's not as smart as everyone seems to think?

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No Spin Ag said:

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aTm2004 said:

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agjacent said:

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Looks like maybe he decided that vacationing in Mexico right now was not very smart.

Too bad, someone should have linked him to this thread so he could realize how much his voters love the idea of him leaving the country while Texas is in crisis!

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Or maybe he flew down there to get his wife and children settled in and safe, then came back?

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I'd like to think his wife would be more than capable of going through an airport with their child, getting them on a plane, and then getting them to a hotel after.

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BigRobSA said:

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Twitter and moronic posts on Twitter being posted here.

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dude95 said:

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Gigem314 said:

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BallerStaf2003 said:

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You Beto bots need to get some better material.

Ted Cruz has done an outstanding job representing the state of Texas.

And unlike the blindly partisan leaders you support, Ted had displayed the ability to work with his opponents...like Trump...or polar opposites in Congress like AOC.

But "Orange man" will forever be stuck in your heads.

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You realize that it's been posted on this thread that Ted's only job is to vote against anything liberal? Oh, and make sure lib judges don't get it. That's his only job.

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No Spin Ag said:

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BallerStaf2003 said:

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bad_teammate said:

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lol Ted

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There's always a tweet for Ted. Always.

Maybe he's not as smart as everyone seems to think?

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Ted is smarter than nearly all of his voters. He wouldn't have gotten an education most can't even fathom of getting if he wasn't smart. The thing is the Twitter is forever, especially when each side has people dedicated to saving every tweet the other side does. So over time, what goes around comes around, and this is just another example of that. The interesting thing is that this is twice for Ted in a few days.

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larry culpepper said:

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aTmAg said:

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LOL at liberals who want to be "led" by senators.

How much more beta can one be than that?

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I had no idea yall had rock bottom standards for elected officials. You expect no better leadership from a senator as you do a gas station clerk.

But then again, the GOP elected Donald Trump, so idk why I am over here thinking the GOP had any sort of standards they expect out of their leaders.

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bad_teammate said:

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lol Ted

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Salute The Marines said:

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BallerStaf2003 said:

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B-1 83 said:

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Now, let's track down every person from Texas who is vacationing in a warmer climate and shame them, too. They should be cold and miserable because others are.

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Not everyone is a public servant to the state of Texas.

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Once again bears repeating...


Cruz has two jobs as a Texas senator.

1. Vote for conservative bills and block liberal ones.

2. Confirm conservative judges and block liberal ones.


That's it. Period. If he does that I don't give a **** where he goes or what he does.

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redcrayon said:

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BigRobSA said:

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Twitter and moronic posts on Twitter being posted here.

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Agreed. It reeks of "I can't think for myself so I'll post some random tweets."

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