That isn’t what he was doing. His daughters wanted to jet off to Cancun.
If he wanted to evacuate he could have gone anywhere in the US. Stayed in the country. Wouldn’t face quarantine issues for reentry. He has to have a negative covid test.
There are currently two threads on this subject and many comments support your position. But what I don’t see are many comments about Biden just ordering FEMA assistance today or any comments on how Governor Abbot is responding. My point is that worrying about what the optics are just creates more fake and phony virtue signaling politicians.
If you do live in Texas, I hope you and your neighbors are getting through these tough times as best as you can.