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I don’t know how many of these disasters happen in Texas, but this guy manages to dodge them with stunning accuracy.
If he weren’t in a leadership role it would be amazing.
I don't think he has any advanced warning, he probably just is on vacation so much, the odds are in his favor that he'll be out of state when something bad happens.
When you're a useless lazy piece of shit like him, of course you've fucked off to anywhere else but where the work is.
Don't a lot of bad things also tend to happen in Texas, given the awesome management team they've got there?
To be fair, it is also a huge state, with a lot of surface area. So it's not unreasonable that they catch more natural disasters than a tiny state.
What is unreasonable is that it's handled terribly every time. You'd think all those disasters would eventually gain them some experience.
I don't see Alaska facing these problems.
That becomes more of a philosophical exercise: If a disaster occurs in Alaska when no one is there to experience it, is it still a disaster?
and people whose kids died will still vote for him
Honestly, it’s constituencies like Cruz’s that I have essentially zero sympathy for. The fact that he keeps getting reelected when he’s an extremely obvious limpdick, servile, malicious fascist is a reflection on the caliber of the voters across the state. So, hope you enjoy all those catastrophic weather events that are definitely not caused by totally-made-up-and-definitely-not-real-or-life-threatening climate change (/s because internet)
It's the antithesis of "vote blue no matter who".
"Vote red, if your kids are brown bread".
I actually feel dirty just writing that.
Should I feel proud or embarrassed that I have no clue what "your kids are brown bread" means?
If Musk wanted to make an impact with his new political party, he should go after Cruz's seat. Nobody likes Cruz, even in his own party, but Texans won't vote for a democrat.
Ultimately, I hope his new party splits the GOP vote, but for that to happen they have to have a decent chance to win a few seats.
i'm definitely overly pessimistic at this point, but i think this "new party" is going to go exactly nowhere. but if it does, and it splits the R vote, then i guess that's something
I'm optimistic, because either it works, and it splits the GOP vote, which makes it easier for Democrats to be elected. Or it doesn't work, and it costs Musk and others massive amounts of money for no real purpose.
Both those scenarios are good, and they're the only 2 realistic scenarios I think could happen.
i think it's equally likely that the whole thing is just orchestrated timed planned reality tv bullshit fake drama and musk never intends to follow through on whatsoever. why? because they're fucking psychopaths and want to fill the newsfeed up with bullshit to draw attention away from the fascism
i honestly hope i'm wrong
Why dont Republicans want to deport Cruz? I dont get it.
They would, but he's never in the country. Always galavanting as far from his constituents as he can.
My guess is that he's useful to them, for now.
They'll eventually cast him aside like the trash he is. He either doesn't know it, or he's in denial.
He got swept up in a torrential flood of not-caring-for-america.
Not just American, but his own constituents.
Unfortunately the morons will vote for him no matter what he does (or doesn't do).
Anyone notice how he never spends the fucking 4th of July in America?
I mean, he isn't really American. He is Canadian.
I do not like that man Ted Cruz
I do not like his far right views
I did not select his name in the ballot box
Why does he bother saying things like this? He can just say "Fuck you all, you're going to re-elect me no matter what I do." And they will.
Celebrating independence day touring Europe after supporting a fascist who is the antithesis of "independence" and the embodiment of everything Americans fought against.
Shitty American.
At least he was in Greece and not Moscow - like some congresscritters I could name.
Yet Texas voters keep landsliding this absolute coward back into office. Nevermind he has abandoned his constituents at every major natural disaster. Even Chip Roy, who is arguably a bigger fucking idiot than he is, was there before him.
Edit reminder: Dude even abandon's his dog in the worst ice storm of his state's history! I don't care if his security guard was watching him, people were freezing to death!
I believe ted cruz has the most punchable face in politics. I don't even think you'd hurt your hand. It just looks soft and squishy.
Ajit Pai when he was around.
Woah woah woah. His punchability doesn't compare to the absolutely smashable Mitch McConnell
the absolutely smashable Mitch McConnell
I just wanted to quote you out of context.
Cancun Cruz is in Greece this time, must be nice.
Texans keep re-electing him so I guess they're good with his actions
He's in tight with O&G, his wife literally works for Goldman Sachs, and he's jumped into Opus Dei. The man has more money and institutional support than any three other Senators you could name, despite being a turd in the Texas punch bowl the rest of the year.
Meanwhile, his most competent opponents have been the Skateboarding Take Your Guns guy chanting "demographics is destiny" to a bunch of conservative Latinos and the Linebacker in sheriff cosplay who ran on being tougher on the border than Republicans.
When your options are constantly Republican or Republican Lite, is there any surprise when the Republican wins?
Ted Cruz is a piece of shit and there's nothing we could do to him to make up for his malice and ineptitude. Though I'd be willing to see some attempts.
Rafael's vacations are higher priorities than the well-being of his constituents.
Fuck him and his constituents, they love the abuse. If they didn’t they would have gotten rid of him the first dozen times he did this shit. At this point it’s Cruz’s trademark to run away during a crisis. And Texas fucking loves it.
On a side note, how does big bad Texas have such a soft, wimpy, sad excuse for a man as their rep? Maybe he represents the true Texan man
I'm a Republican and WHO CARES? What's he Supposed to do ANYWAYS? FUND Weather Services and Natural Disaster Services that could have Prevented the Deaths and Helped with the Cleanup? That's STUPID! That's NOT Why I pay TAXES! I Pay taxes so JEFF BEZOS can Afford a NEW JET and THATS IT!
"I got here as fast as a felt like getting here!"
-Ted Cruz
probably
Terminal velocity is as fast as humanly possible. Drop his ass out of the plane next time.
He's shit, but what could he possibly do if he rushed back to Texas?
Grovel and beg for forgiveness after actively cutting NOAA budget? Personally drive a truck full of food/water/clothing for people displaced? Literally just show up and offer your condolences to your contituents (regardless of how obviously fake it'd be)?
Like, basic human things you should be doing to show that you care about the people you supposedly represent? Vs: fuck it, I'm on vacation, they'll still be dead when I get home.
Guess what: politicians for all their grand standing about lazy entitled welfare recipients work about 130 total days a year, he can go see the parthenon some other time.
I mean it sure takes some time for the news to get from America to Europe. Probably like a day or two, right?
Poor telegram deliverer... Running all around Athens looking for the Zodiac killer