{"id":148974,"date":"2021-02-19T10:52:54","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T15:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=148974"},"modified":"2021-02-19T10:58:13","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T15:58:13","slug":"what-exactly-is-ted-cruz-supposed-to-do-about-a-snowstorm-in-his-home-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-exactly-is-ted-cruz-supposed-to-do-about-a-snowstorm-in-his-home-state\/","title":{"rendered":"What Exactly Is Ted Cruz Supposed To Do About A Snowstorm In His Home State?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhat-exactly-is-ted-cruz-supposed-to-do-about-a-snowstorm-in-his-home-state%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=148974&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cruz-2.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Here\u2019s what a U.S. senator does: Make laws, authorize and appropriate federal funds, provide for the common defense and the general welfare, regulate commerce among the states and with foreign nations, declare war and maintain and regulate the military, impeach federal officers including the president, advise and consent to treaties and appointments of judges and federal officials.<\/p>\n<p>For the record, a U.S. senator doesn\u2019t do anything when a snowstorm hits his or her home state. If they happen to be home at the time, maybe they can help their neighbor shovel the driveway. And sure, they can press the White House to declare a state of emergency and dispatch federal money to help, but that\u2019s about it.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the governor has broad responsibilities, as do mayors of cities, such as providing emergency shelters and plowing the roads. They do the heavy lifting.<\/p>\n<p>So why all the hand-wringing about Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) leaving the suddenly snow-filled state of Texas and heading with his kids to Cancun for a little R&amp;R in the Mexican sun?<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s why: He\u2019s a Republican. Oh, and there\u2019s another scandal (a real one) involving a Democrat that the media really wants to ignore.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz was seen boarding a plane and, with social media, the photos quickly went viral. What followed was the dumbest \u201cscandal\u201d ever.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times did some quality investigative reporting and penned a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/18\/us\/politics\/ted-cruz-storm-cancun.html?smtyp=cur&amp;smid=tw-nytimes\">piece<\/a> headlined: \u201cTed Cruz\u2019s Canc\u00fan Trip: Family Texts Detail His Political Blunder.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Text messages sent from Ms. Cruz to friends and Houston neighbors on Wednesday revealed a hastily planned trip. Their house was \u201cFREEZING,\u201d as Ms. Cruz put it \u2014 and she proposed a getaway until Sunday. Ms. Cruz invited others to join them at the Ritz-Carlton in Canc\u00fan, where they had stayed \u201cmany times,\u201d noting the room price this week ($309 per night) and its good security. The text messages were provided to The New York Times and confirmed by a second person on the thread, who declined to be identified because of the private nature of the texts.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As the \u201cscandal\u201d was spiraling on Thursday, Cruz released a statement saying he had flown to Mexico \u201cto be a good dad\u201d and accompany his daughters and their friends. He also said he was flying back that afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy staff and I are in constant communication with state and local leaders to get to the bottom of what happened in Texas,\u201d Cruz continued. \u201cWe want our power back, our water on, and our homes warm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe left yesterday, the plan had been to stay through the weekend with the family,\u201d Cruz told reporters outside his home after he returned. He said the snowstorm, which left hundreds of thousands of Texans without power, \u201chas been tough on a lot of folks\u201d and recounted how his own family had been reduced to huddling around the fireplace after they lost power.<\/p>\n<p>When his daughters found out that school had been canceled for the week, Cruz explained, they suggested taking a vacation. \u201cThey said, \u2018Look, why don\u2019t we take a trip? Let\u2019s go somewhere where it\u2019s not so cold.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, it was obviously a mistake, and in hindsight I wouldn\u2019t have done it,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cI was trying to be a dad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mainstream media went wall to wall with coverage about Cruz \u2014 for good reason. \u201cThe liberal primetime hosts on CNN and MSNBC overwhelmingly kept their focus on&nbsp;Sen.&nbsp;Ted Cruz&nbsp;while virtually ignoring the growing legal woes plaguing Democratic&nbsp;New York&nbsp;Gov.&nbsp;Andrew Cuomo,\u201d Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/cnn-msnbc-ted-cruz-cancun-andrew-cuomo-nursing-home-scandal\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe embattled governor earned less than three minutes of coverage across the six most-watched shows on the liberal networks. The GOP senator, however, collectively earned over a whopping 46 minutes of coverage,\u201d Fox said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cABC \u2018World News Tonight\u2019 gave Cruz\u2019s Cancun trip four times more coverage Thursday than Cuomo\u2019s nursing home scandal despite revelations this week that the Democrat is under a federal investigation and was called out for bullying a fellow Democrat and threatening to \u2018destroy\u2019 him,\u201d Townhall.com <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/leahbarkoukis\/2021\/02\/19\/media-gives-cruzs-cancun-trip-far-greater-attention-than-cuomos-nursing-home-scandal-n2584999\">wrote<\/a>. The program dedicated nearly four minutes to the GOP senator\u2019s trip and just 55 seconds to the Cuomo\u2019s growing legal controversy.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have joined New York GOP leaders in calling for accountability after Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa told Democratic lawmakers that the Cuomo administration hid the state\u2019s nursing-home COVID-19 death toll to avoid federal scrutiny from the Trump administration\u2019s Department of Justice.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a&nbsp;Democratic New York state assemblyman claimed Wednesday that Cuomo threatened to \u201cdestroy\u201d him after the lawmaker criticized Cuomo\u2019s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as it related to the state\u2019s nursing homes.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what a U.S. senator does: Make laws, authorize and appropriate federal funds, provide for the common defense and the general welfare, regulate commerce among the states and with foreign &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2181535,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cruz-2.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"What Exactly Is Ted Cruz Supposed To Do About A Snowstorm In His Home State?","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cruz-2.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"What Exactly Is Ted Cruz Supposed To Do About A Snowstorm In His Home State?","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2181535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}