I disagree. He can do the same work virtually anywhere. The only reason it “looks bad” is the media is spinning it this way because they absolutely hate Ted Cruz, nearly as much as DJT. I’m not even a Ted Cruz fan. You all can buy the propaganda all you want.
Then your disagreement is with Cruz who said on Hannity, "Because the crisis is here in Texas, you need to be here on the ground, and as much as you can do by phone and Zoom, it’s not the same as being here.”