“It’s a little too quiet” - US Politics February 2021

what are the odds that he writes the trip off on his taxes as as an expense as he investigates how to make Texans warm?

I'd rather not imagine "Ted Cruz" and "moist" in the same sentence, thx

― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, February 18, 2021 8:56 AM (six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

I'd rather not, as well, but then I look at him again and find that it's unavoidable.

dude

if theres any silver lining in this brutal situation, i have to hope it's that texas remembers this month the next time they're in the voting booth.

or in the streets with pitchforks as the case may be

Unfortunately Cruz isn't up again until 2024, and the three stooges at the state level (Abbott/Patrick/Paxton) are up in 2022, which despite being next year is still enough for forgetfulness and dirty tricks.

not much value in reacting to his off-the-cuff speech generally, in either direction.

― stilt in the wings (sic)

Move to sponsor this approach to cover everybody who has a difficult job under public scrutiny hereon tbh

Self XP But one can hope. Feel like this was way worse a fail than any hurricane fumbling.

hence the need for TX to call for hearings about what caused this disaster and keep it in the public eye through the year.
also, sadly, it's unlikely this is the last time this problem will surface through 22

really fucked up that Biden sent all of these winter storms to red states simply because they didn't vote for him. might be time to impeach.

I've got a cousin in Texas, though it seems he's largely been spared the worst of it. He's absolutely pissed off about this, rightly so, but predictably given his posting about politics in the past - he's spending his time on Facebook railing against the Green New Deal and frozen turbines. Another cousin of mine has, admirably, tried to steer his anger in a more productive direction, but he's just not having it. It's disappointing.

Big Whoop!

Statement from Director of Communications for Sen. Ted Cruz pic.twitter.com/5cXIkTTZiW

— blaire erskine (@blaireerskine) February 18, 2021

(it's a parody but I lol'd)

So it appears that Cruz is heading back from Cancun and is due to land 4:05pm Houston time.

hope that brief vacation was worth it

Mexico said gtfo

hopefully he gets the Hymen Roth greeting at the airport

Probably dumped his family in their hotel/Air BnB or whatever so he can fly back, make a statement, then hope he can sneak back out again.

honestly shocked he's even acknowledging he went, really thought he'd go all-in on the "that's an old photo, the fake news strikes again" angle

All this flying will melt the ice

Feel like he might need some security today too

JUST IN from @houstonpolice, via @emcabcnewsprod:

"Cruz’s staff contacted HPD personnel at IAH on Wednesday ... and requested assistance upon the Senator’s arrival at the airport."

"HPD officers monitored his movements through the terminal."

— Ben Siegel (@bensiegel) February 18, 2021

Let's just hope everyone holds on to this anger when he's up for reelection.

so he flew to cancun for one day?

I think he thought he could sneak away for vacation and got caught, so the political pressure is on so he's flying back to save face. My guess is his family is still down there on vacation, but he came back for damage control.

somehow that’s even more pathetic

Ted Cruz: pathetic, moist

Maybe he could visit Ellen DeGeneres next in her prison-like conditions.

"Somehow that’s even more pathetic" should be a keyboard shortcut with Cruz. "He's a Trump stooge even though Trump called him a congenital liar"--keystroke--"said his father was involved in assassination"--keystroke--"and flat-out called his wife ugly"--keystroke.

It would be fun if he came back with a new haircut

he's just a boy with a new haircut

"how could you be so judgmental and cruel to my poor family who i was just escorting to cancun; of COURSE i was coming back, you fake news media always try so hard to paint me yadda yadda yadda"

They try so hard to paint you because you're so unpleasant to look at, Ted.

I might be wrong, but I think that if, in 2016, it had been anyone but Cruz left at the finish line with Trump, that person would have been the nominee. Trump got it because Cruz was the one person a large enough percentage of voters found more noxious than Trump.

I know that sounds weird now in view of the dear-leader mindset that took hold over time, but going back to that moment, it felt like everyone was waiting around for the field to be narrowed to Trump and someone else so they could go with someone else, but when they finally got to the precipice and looked over at Cruz, they went with Trump.

I always thought my dirty dishes piled up and accumulating bacteria were the most dangerous thing in a Zoom background... 😳😳😳 #SafeStorage pic.twitter.com/uveXvGfafu

— Rep. Katie Porter (@RepKatiePorter) February 18, 2021

Room rater, got a take on this one? Glad to know this perfectly normal human being has four children in her home.

Is that what she calls her guns?

Cruz throws his daughters under the bus pic.twitter.com/SvyiiicOZE

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 18, 2021

ban the phrase 'under the bus'

He should have taken a bus to Hawaii.

I believe Boebert calls each one of her guns 'Preciousssssss'.

"Wanting to be a good dad"--keystroke.

Cruz’s return flight was booked for Saturday so this is such an easily debunked lie

Lyin' Ted at it again.

If Ted Cruz was my dad I’d probably consider walking out in front of a bus

Their mom could gone with them.

I'm fairly certain she did and was in some of the photos. It's just a flat out bullshit statement.

Spoke to a source at United Airlines, Senator Ted Cruz rebooked his flight back to Houston from Cancun for this afternoon at around 6 a.m. today (Thursday). He was originally scheduled to return on Saturday.https://t.co/QV9xgibIQ9

— Edward Russell (@ByERussell) February 18, 2021

I'm rofl that Katie Porter tagged @ratemyskyperoom

aw Ted, Just Admit It

Nah, these morons will never admit it, because they love the chance to hammer home the "lying media" narrative, no matter that it is clearly bullshit.