re: Ted Cruz took his family to Cancun

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There are people without power and drinking water for days and he is chilling in Cancun.

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So the frick what?
Is he supposed to turn off his power and pour out any drinking water he has, too?

Tell me you’re a pussy without telling me you’re a pussy.

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you have no idea what conditions have been like on the ground. There are people without power and drinking water for days and he is chilling in Cancun.

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If he wasn't in Cancun would they have power and water?

You're being emotional, not rational.

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It is a big deal....you have no idea what conditions have been like on the ground. There are people without power and drinking water for days and he is chilling in Cancun

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Is Cruz a certified lineman? No? Is he the Governor? No? There's really not much he can do outside of being "visible"....which is just a nice way of saying he's just there for political points.

If that is what's important to you then we just have differing viewpoints. The last thing needed during a crisis is someone coming in and stepping on the shoes of the person in charge(in this case the Governor). This is exactly how you get confusion in chain of command, misallocation of resources, etc.

If the Governor needs more help politically then that's fine....but you have Representatives that are more regionally focused as well as State Senators who would be even more responsible.

Cannot understand why this is an issue for folks.

This “holding our elected officials accountable” thing is a positive for all of us as long as we keep it in perspective.

Dude took his family on vacation. He didn’t shove COVID-19 patients into nursing homes or call for riots and looting in order to cause chaos and push a narrative.

Let’s hold them all accountable for things that are legitimate

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Cannot understand why this is an issue for folks.

This “holding our elected officials accountable” thing is a positive for all of us as long as we keep it in perspective.

Dude took his family on vacation. He didn’t shove COVID-19 patients into nursing homes or call for riots and looting in order to cause chaos and push a narrative.

Let’s hold them all accountable for things that are legitimate

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We live in a political environment where people will either worship or crucify politicians no matter what they do and with no gray area.

Cruz could be handing out blankets and people would bitch about them being too scratchy.

MrFizzle

You fizzled fo' shizzle

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Edit: interesting replies from a board that would implode if a liberal was doing this

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Objectivity left the building a long time ago. It's fascinating

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Objectivity left the building a long time ago. It's fascinating

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If Cruz was a Democrat this board would be blowing him up.

The optics are just bad either way you slice it and the national liberal media is already beating him over the head with it. If you can't see why the Senator representing a state going through a huge national disaster taking a vacation looks bad, I can't help you.

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Edit: interesting replies from a board that would implode if a liberal was doing this

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Liberals are telling people to stay home/save lives. A liberal doing this would be a hypocrite. Ted Cruz isn't telling people to do that, so him doing this isn't hypocritical at all. It's a pretty simple concept.