Republicans Suggest Ted Cruz Is More Useful Far Away From Texas In A Crisis

February 19, 2021, 8:40 am

The inability of members of the modern Republican Party to call their own out for bad decisions has became a defining characteristic during the Trump era. 

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So when Ted Cruz opted to hop down to Mexico for a little rest and relaxation in the middle of a deadly winter storm his state of Texas was tremendously ill-prepared to handle, rather than, say, actually do anything to help his constituents, we all knew the way his fellow GOPers would bend over backward to try to defend him would be incredible.

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And they did not disappoint.

Let’s first make it clear that this isn’t a Democrat vs Republican issue in any way. A state senator quite literally abandoned his people during a crisis. He tried to skirt the truth about the circumstances and he tried to shift the blame to his daughters, claiming that he was just trying to be a “good dad.” Meanwhile, Texans of all walks of life are suffering and struggling and need both immediate relief and policy change so something like this doesn’t happen again.

But the Republicans defending Cruz insist that there’s nothing he could have done. “He can’t control the weather,” they say, as if that’s the actual issue here. Nevermind that Beto O’Rourke — Cruz’s former opponent — was organizing phone banks, or that Alexandria Ocasio Cortez was raising money for Texans on Twitter, or that there is always, always something to be done to help.

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“If he’s in Cancun, that means he’s not using up valuable resources of energy, food and water that can now be used by someone else,” claimed Dinesh D’Souza, twisting himself into knots trying to justify Cruz’s ill-advised choice. “This is probably the best thing he could do for the state right now.”

What could @tedcruz do if he were here in Texas? I’m hard-pressed to say. If he’s in Cancun, that means he’s not using up valuable resources of energy, food and water that can now be used by someone else. This is probably the best thing he could do for the state right now

— Dinesh D’Souza (@DineshDSouza) February 18, 2021

His sentiments were echoed by far too many other Republicans, who are undoubtedly terrified that they may lose a hold on Texas due to Cruz’s repeated catastrophic blunders.

Ben Shapiro: “It’s not a real time crisis that Ted Cruz, the senator from Texas, can do anything about…Do they expect Ted to go there with, like, a blowtorch and start defrosting all of the pipelines?” pic.twitter.com/Y36OWJLsXz

— Jason Campbell (@JasonSCampbell) February 18, 2021

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The hypocrisy of those trying to cancel Ted Cruz who have been totally silent on their Democrat Governor’s incompetence is telling. My thoughts on the Cancún Cruz fauxoutrage! #Cruz #CancunGate is fake. https://t.co/WnYe1onpIK

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) February 18, 2021

Remarkable:

Newsmax guest suggests Sen Ted Cruz “may have a better opportunity” to communicate and “get things done” remotely than in Texas pic.twitter.com/8f8EuaZ8wj

— Jason Campbell (@JasonSCampbell) February 18, 2021

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Lol now Hannity is talking about how the nature of work has changed during COVID and anyone can work remotely with Zoom and stuff.

— Max Tani (@maxwelltani) February 19, 2021

They have all been appropriately dragged for siding with the guy who doesn’t seem very interested in how the people who voted him into office are doing in the freezing cold.

“Ted Cruz wouldn’t do anything to help Texas anyway” isn’t the stellar defense you think it is

— Jess Dweck (@TheDweck) February 18, 2021

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OMFG shut the fuck up with the “What was Ted going to do he can’t fix the grid.”

He is a fucking elected official of the state that is in a state of Emergency and he needs to do his fucking job of helping the people that voted for him no matter what.

Fuck!

— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) February 18, 2021

Absolutely incredible that the GOP’s main defense of Ted Cruz going on vacation while people in Texas freeze to death is that he’s useless anyway. pic.twitter.com/S3mBf9Jqun

— Molly Knight (@molly_knight) February 18, 2021

“It’s actually a good thing Ted Cruz wasn’t in Texas because he’s a useless piece of shit who only takes up resources” is a hilarious defense https://t.co/EOMp4YVqCP

— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) February 18, 2021

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The whole thing is almost a good distraction from Cruz’s involvement in the events leading up to the Capitol riots in January. Almost.

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*First Published: February 19, 2021, 8:40 am