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Beto O'Rourke is organizing wellness checks for seniors during Texas' blackouts. Ted Cruz is in Cancun.
Yahoo ^ | 02/18/2021 | Kathryn Krawczyk

Posted on 02/18/2021 12:21:51 PM PST by Responsibility2nd

Beto O'Rourke is back is the spotlight as Texas continues to face a statewide crisis.

Hundreds of thousands of Texans remain without power Thursday morning as millions more deal with burst pipes and other consequences of unprecedented winter weather. O'Rourke, the former 2020 Democratic presidential and 2018 Texas Senate candidate, has been making the TV rounds to call out the Republicans who've shifted the blame for the power shortages — and is organizing to check in on senior citizens throughout it all.

On Wednesday night, O'Rourke announced he and volunteers had made more than 150,000 wellness calls to seniors throughout the state. And in an interview with CNN, he called out Republicans, including Gov. Greg Abbott (R), who have inaccurately placed most of the blame for the power failures on Texas' renewable energy sources.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Travel; Weather
KEYWORDS: beto; betoorourke; cruz; fakenews; mexico; orourke; tedcruz; texas
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To: TribalPrincess2U

It is astounding how ignorant many FReepers are when it comes to the powers of the federal government and the authority of a state governor.

Sad. . .


121 posted on 02/18/2021 2:29:03 PM PST by Hulka ( of the goversnor and state employees and the po)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

I LOVE HIM! He TRIED to get rid of Obama Care but Cornyn shut him up. I hate Cornyun and I do not vote for him. He is a RINO


122 posted on 02/18/2021 2:29:25 PM PST by buffyt (--Tyrelle.Y.F & Bonquisha.U.F )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

That and Cruz Derangement Syndrome runs deep in many FReepers.


123 posted on 02/18/2021 2:32:05 PM PST by Hulka ( of the goversnor and state employees and the po)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

A fart in the wind for Cruz politically


124 posted on 02/18/2021 2:38:23 PM PST by italianquaker
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To: Responsibility2nd

More than 150,000 wellness calls. Sure they did. And yahoo believes this.


125 posted on 02/18/2021 2:39:33 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: antidemoncrat

So, Beto is checking on thousands of seniors. Let’s see the call lists, call centers, volunteers making the calls. Don’t hold your breath waiting for proof. If Beto claimed he was scaling wind turbines to defrost them, the media would gladly print his claim—without any confirmation.

Better yet, let’s find a dozen seniors willing to release their phone records showing an actual call from Beto’s group.


126 posted on 02/18/2021 2:41:26 PM PST by ExNewsExSpook
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To: HereInTheHeartland

If you are so smart, why aren’t you a Senator?


127 posted on 02/18/2021 2:49:21 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The FBI used to go after communists. Now it is run by communists. The American Stasi.)
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To: buffyt; Hulka

Below is a link to some bill that Cruz co-sponsered to promote energy development in the USA.

https://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=1071

The following section is pertinent today, 7 years later. “Elections have consequences”:

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Stop certain EPA regulations that will adversely impact coal and electric power plants. In 2008, President Obama promised to bankrupt coal. As of June 2013, there were already 288 coal units closed or closing in 32 states because of EPA policies. These 288 closures amount to a total of more than 41,000 megawatts of electricity generation no longer being available.


128 posted on 02/18/2021 2:52:02 PM PST by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Same reason you aren’t. . .too smart to go into politics.

Debating dems would be like wrestling a pig; you both get muddy but the pig luv’s it.


129 posted on 02/18/2021 2:52:49 PM PST by Hulka ( of the goversnor and state employees and the po)
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To: Responsibility2nd

“Why am I posting this? Because there are dozens of FReepers on dozens of threads today who cannot understand that Cruz made a drastic blunder.”

I am a Freeper and Cruz supporter who believes this was a fatal mistake politically and electorally. I suspect he will never win another election nor ever hold another office of any kind, It is difficult to express how knuckleheaded this was.


130 posted on 02/18/2021 2:57:09 PM PST by crusher (GREEN: Globaloney for the Gullible)
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To: 21twelve

Thanks!!


131 posted on 02/18/2021 2:57:57 PM PST by Hulka ( of the goversnor and state employees and the po)
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To: crusher

As a point to be made, I offer the following observations:

Post 14, 61, 72, 76 and 109.

Has much needed info.


132 posted on 02/18/2021 3:01:36 PM PST by Hulka ( of the goversnor and state employees and the po)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Another from user Anne Clayton joked of Cruz sending a postcard back from Mexico to his state, pictured
133 posted on 02/18/2021 3:05:17 PM PST by fireman15
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To: Yo-Yo

If he visits and shakes your hand, count your fingers after.


134 posted on 02/18/2021 3:12:17 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Corrupt Slow Joe Biden is the Bolshevik sock puppet.)
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To: fireman15

lol

I totally love it. I always love a good meme. Here we are freezing our asses off in Texas while Ted thinks it’s a good idea to go to Cancun.


135 posted on 02/18/2021 3:14:19 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Trump is a deposed Pres. in exile. America is truly a banana republic. Our govt. has been overthrown)
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To: IYAS9YAS

We elect politicians to take care of these sorts of matters and run things efficiently. It is their job. If it’s up to us to run the electrical grid, or dispense justice, or make our own roads and bridges, why do we need them in the first place?


136 posted on 02/18/2021 3:15:27 PM PST by Fuzz
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To: Responsibility2nd

I’d rather have Cruz who made an optics mistake than El Puta Politico who will grab your guns, support the over running of the US by illegal, and support the communist take over.


137 posted on 02/18/2021 3:16:37 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Corrupt Slow Joe Biden is the Bolshevik sock puppet.)
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To: RummyChick

“The brothes pet Golden Retriever can also been seen in the photo..”
Ready for publishing by Daily Mail.


138 posted on 02/18/2021 3:26:40 PM PST by philetus (Keep doing what you always do and you'll eventually get what you deserve)
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To: Hulka

LOL.....how far up Teds as* is your head? Or, are you actually Ted?
If so, you’re getting hysterical. 😂


139 posted on 02/18/2021 3:31:11 PM PST by Jrabbit
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“If you are so smart, why aren’t you a Senator?“

I have thought about it, how much money can you contribute to my campaign?
Or maybe I’ll just go for President.
Go big or go home.
If you play nice I might even look at a cabinet position for you .
Or maybe ambassador to the Bahamas ?
That always sounds like a great job!


140 posted on 02/18/2021 3:34:21 PM PST by HereInTheHeartland (Leave me alone, I have no incriminating evidence on the Clintons)
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