Cruz is part of the problem.
He should damn well stay home and help clean up the mess.
Sounds like kind of a spur of the moment kind of thing. Other people here have been saying this was a long-planned trip that couldn't be cancelled. Maybe they cancelled school for this week back in December?
Again, I am not a Texan although I love and respect the state, but how/why did Cruz help create this problem? How exactly is his presence going to help?
I get that it is bad optics, but how would a Senator turn the power back on right now?
I work in a field involving failure analysis. Smart companies and local/state governments try to anticipate events and implement plans and infrastructure to mitigate the impact.
That clearly did not happen here and I don’t see any place in the constitution where it is the responsibility of a US Senator to oversee disasters OR to prepare for them.
I am not even a big Cruz fan any longer, but even I can see the media driven hit pieces for what they are and they apparently work well.
Perhaps if Texas had a democrat senator we would not be so embroiled in green energy boondoggles and utilities would be better prepared for such a rare weather event?