Texas is fooked from this ice storm. Get out to warmer locations while you still can.

Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was spotted earlier today, January 20, 2026, on a plane heading to Laguna Beach as the state of Texas braces for a rare ice threat and arctic cold front. pic.twitter.com/lVTcqP8LR4

— Shea Jordan Smith (@shea_jordan) January 21, 2026

Dumbasses will try to make this nothingburger into something and look completely stupid, as usual.

Meh, I've been on the same plane with him several times headed from Houston to DC in January and February when it was colder than a welldigger's foot.

Where was the press then?

He goes on vacation every January - you know - when the Senate isnt in session.

I would embrace it. Tweet "the state is going to be covered in ice and snow, what did you expect I would do?"

Guess that means he won't be at the MSU hoops game tonight. That bodes well for us.

OP, what would you like your SENATOR to do during this weekend's weather event? Do you understand that he represents Texas in the US SENATE? He is not part of the executive in TX and has no role to play in the government's response to bad weather. Please educate yourself.

I think you're reading the OP's intention wrong.

I believe he is being sarcastic.

He must not be making as much on his stock investments like Pelosi if he is flying in Economy Class….

93MarineHorn said:

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OP, what would you like your SENATOR to do during this weekend's weather event? Do you understand that he represents Texas in the US SENATE? He is not part of the executive in TX and has no role to play in the government's response to bad weather. Please educate yourself.

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Try to relax. My post is mocking the lib response.

My husband and daughter are connecting through Orlando in a few weeks because Southwest is crazy. Who knows where his final destination could be. Or what the previous poster said.

Apologies, OP, sarcasm meter down.

So there's no airport in Laguna Beach. Closest airport is SNA John Wayne. For all we know, he could be going to visit sick kids at OC children's hospital...How does this person know Cruz's final destination and the purpose of his trip?

He is doing his part. I don't want politicians around during natural disasters just for photo ops.

My team and I are monitoring the incoming cold front that could bring snow, ice, and disruptive weather conditions to parts of the Lone Star State later this week.

You can stay up-to-date by following @TDEM and @NWS to keep you and your loved ones safe and warm. https://t.co/dl8Yz70vSS

— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) January 20, 2026

93MarineHorn said:

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OP, what would you like your SENATOR to do during this weekend's weather event? Do you understand that he represents Texas in the US SENATE? He is not part of the executive in TX and has no role to play in the government's response to bad weather. Please educate yourself.

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He needs to be out in the cold in shorts and a short sleeve shirt getting hypothermia!

He flies SW all the time; you can see him at Houston Hobby frequently.

93MarineHorn said:

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OP, what would you like your SENATOR to do during this weekend's weather event? Do you understand that he represents Texas in the US SENATE? He is not part of the executive in TX and has no role to play in the government's response to bad weather. Please educate yourself.

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Perhaps the OP and this Shea Jordan Smith character believe Ted should be standing outside the Houston Emergency Response Center waiting for it to open so he can get in everyone's way.

Or, maybe they think he should be asking for the keys to a dump truck so he can spread sand on roadways.

OP is free to weigh in on what he thinks Ted Cruz SHOULD be doing now, rather than just posting an agitator's tweet drive-by.

ETA: Apologies as well to the OP. I read it the same as Marinehorn did.

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93MarineHorn said:

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OP, what would you like your SENATOR to do during this weekend's weather event? Do you understand that he represents Texas in the US SENATE? He is not part of the executive in TX and has no role to play in the government's response to bad weather. Please educate yourself.

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Perhaps the OP and this Shea Jordan Smith character believe Ted should be standing outside the Houston Emergency Response Center waiting for it to open so he can get in everyone's way.

Or, maybe they think he should be asking for the keys to a dump truck so he can spread sand on roadways.

OP is free to weigh in on what he thinks Ted Cruz SHOULD be doing now, rather than just posting an agitator's tweet drive-by.

ETA: Apologies as well to the OP. I read it the same as Marinehorn did.

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Here, you can borrow my sarcasm detector:

93MarineHorn said:

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OP, what would you like your SENATOR to do during this weekend's weather event? Do you understand that he represents Texas in the US SENATE? He is not part of the executive in TX and has no role to play in the government's response to bad weather. Please educate yourself.

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Rest assured that if things get too hairy around here, he'll be back ASAP so he can hand out cases of water with the Q Morning Zoo like he did last time.

Ted knows optics matter.

Cruz is the anti-Cantore of winter storms. If he's leaving, start wrapping the pipes.

Deranged Liberals: Why is Ted Cruz leaving the state when there is an ice storm?! He's not doing his job!

Same deranged liberals: Ugh, my company is asking us to work from the office 2 days per week instead of fully remote. What do they think we are? Slaves!? Those vile humans pretending to be CEOs. I can do my job from anywhere with a laptop and internet connection. Fascist pigs!

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Dumbasses will try to make this nothingburger into something and look completely stupid, as usual.

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They are praying to Molech that the Texas grid fails again. It would be a boost to their election chances in November. Even though Cruz isn't running, they'd love to recreate the optics of him "running away" from Texas when a disaster hits.

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93MarineHorn said:

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OP, what would you like your SENATOR to do during this weekend's weather event? Do you understand that he represents Texas in the US SENATE? He is not part of the executive in TX and has no role to play in the government's response to bad weather. Please educate yourself.

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Rest assured that if things get too hairy around here, he'll be back ASAP so he can hand out cases of water with the Q Morning Zoo like he did last time.

Ted knows optics matter.

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They matter infinitely more to emotional leftists.

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93MarineHorn said:

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OP, what would you like your SENATOR to do during this weekend's weather event? Do you understand that he represents Texas in the US SENATE? He is not part of the executive in TX and has no role to play in the government's response to bad weather. Please educate yourself.

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Rest assured that if things get too hairy around here, he'll be back ASAP so he can hand out cases of water with the Q Morning Zoo like he did last time.

Ted knows optics matter.

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They matter infinitely more to emotional leftists.

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Yeah, that's why he lied all over the ****ing place about that trip. Too bad his neighbors ratted him out.

Finally purchased my generator, so ready for the cold front. If power goes out, I should be good for a bit.

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93MarineHorn said:

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OP, what would you like your SENATOR to do during this weekend's weather event? Do you understand that he represents Texas in the US SENATE? He is not part of the executive in TX and has no role to play in the government's response to bad weather. Please educate yourself.

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Perhaps the OP and this Shea Jordan Smith character believe Ted should be standing outside the Houston Emergency Response Center waiting for it to open so he can get in everyone's way.

Or, maybe they think he should be asking for the keys to a dump truck so he can spread sand on roadways.

OP is free to weigh in on what he thinks Ted Cruz SHOULD be doing now, rather than just posting an agitator's tweet drive-by.

ETA: Apologies as well to the OP. I read it the same as Marinehorn did.

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Here, you can borrow my sarcasm detector:

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Ehhh, personally I'd just ratio the idiot that tweeted that nonsense and hope the tweet faded to bolivian.

In other news, I ran into him Friday at a CVS in River Oaks.

I will give Ted credit; he flies commercial economy class a lot. It doesn't look like he uses the loophole that would allow him to fly business class on mostly our dime. Maybe everyone else does it too and it just doesn't make the rounds on social media.

Sure it's not Tel Aviv he's flying into?

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93MarineHorn said:

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OP, what would you like your SENATOR to do during this weekend's weather event? Do you understand that he represents Texas in the US SENATE? He is not part of the executive in TX and has no role to play in the government's response to bad weather. Please educate yourself.

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Rest assured that if things get too hairy around here, he'll be back ASAP so he can hand out cases of water with the Q Morning Zoo like he did last time.

Ted knows optics matter.

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They matter infinitely more to emotional leftists.

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Yeah, that's why he lied all over the ****ing place about that trip. Too bad his neighbors ratted him out.

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I'm sorry, which party can't stop bleeding about a Senator not being in TX for a weather event? It's so pathetically ignorant and childish.