So can someone tell me why Ted Cruz is coming under such scrutiny? Is he supposed to fly to Texas and run in a human size hampster wheel to overcome the frozen power grid? It’s the responsibility of our government as a whole to respond to national disasters. Something the dems ignore and/or impede on a regular basis.
Above all, what happened in Texas is God‘s will to send a message to the migrant caravans heading for the Mexico-Texas border. Maybe they won’t find it so appealing if they aren't guaranteed electricity.
It’s O’Biden‘s fault, and he hasn’t even personally surveyed the situation yet (as if he would even know where he was). Meanwhile, blood is on his hands for 69 lives lost.
Texas actually isn’t part of a larger interstate power grid. They opted out in favor of a more deregulated option themselves. Which was fine and dandy until a freak snowstorm hit that they weren’t prepared for. Didn’t properly winterize their infrastructure, which was probably a cost-cutting measure (see deregulation) that worked well in terms of saving money, until it didn’t. Now they have catastrophic failure on many levels of infrastructure, from electricity to water supply, and given that they opted out of being part of an interstate power grid, there’s really no way for them to send power from elsewhere to help them out now. They sort of put themselves on a little power island of sorts it seems. And full disclosure, this is what I’ve heard in talks around civil engineering offices/firms, who work with infrastructure literally on a daily basis. But please, explain to me how this failure is the Democrat’s fault?
Now, that is FAR from all Ted’s fault. The man didn’t singlehandedly establish the entirety of Texas’ infrastructure and policies around said infrastructure, but it is relevant background info.
As for Ted, he was mocking California for their power outages, so he looks kind of bad and hypocritical to see it happen to his state, but on an even greater degree. But that isn’t directly related to him going to Mexico, so next point.
It just sort of makes him seem out of touch with his constituents, as almost every politician on both sides is, but most of them at least pretend a bit. Also, other Texas politicians (Republicans), not Cruz AFAIK though, have said that the government owes nothing to people and they should figure it out on their own and the strong will survive. Except that infrastructure is one of the few things everyone agrees IS a job of the government, and what taxes pay for. And another Texas Republican said people are willing to go without power for days to remain on an independent power grid. So people just aren’t happy with Texas politicians at all right now, and with good reason.
Ted can’t solve this problem on his own, but it seems like he’s given up on even trying, and just “noped out of there” to greener pastures when things got rough. Even if there’s very little he could have done, he should have done that little, to show he understands the plight and struggle of his citizens. And what do you I mean “should have have flown to Texas?” Wasn’t the whole issue that he WAS in Texas, living there, and left when things got bad?
Knock Beto and AOC all you want for their policies, and trust me, I have criticized their policies many times, particularly the insane scope of the Green New Deal, but they’ve actually been arranging wellness checks for people and fundraising for Texas, which, while not actually fixing the failed infrastructure and power grid, is helping the people to survive until it can be fixed.
As to the “God’s will” part, that doesn’t even warrant a response. I’m glad you can speak for God as to what his will is. Seems to be the epitome of arrogance to literally speak for Him, but what do I know?
But to claim that the s**t show in Texas right now is primarily the Democrats fault, or Biden’s fault is just utter insanity. This was a textbook example of deregulation allowing cost-saving measures to leave vital infrastructure unprepared and vulnerable. And to try to be so independent that they are unable to receive help from other states in regards to the power grid. This one was on Texas Republicans. Not Cruz’s fault it happened, but a terrible look to “give up and run.”
I hope this helped you to understand the whole situation a little better.