Topic: President Biden on Texas (Read 170 times)

She's a director for goldman sachs and is married to a sitting US senator, so it's safe to say she is very short sighted. I don't think she understood how bad this looked so when she was texting her group chat, she lacked all the foresight. And of course, it bit her in the ass.

Although her neighbor is kind of an asshole for leaking the text messages.

True. But a senator going on some nutcase podcast and saying so is a bit different than us saying so on some nutcase forum. I mean... he still needs to live there next to those people he just called assholes. As they say, takes one to know one.

Although her neighbor is kind of an asshole for leaking the text messages.

Why in gods fucking name would you have a group chat with people you dont trust and tell them about the fact that you’re living in the middle of a crisis in your state?

You’d understand telling some family members, but there’s no reason at all to put yourself in this position anyway. Just don’t go on vacation in the middle of the natural disaster in your state where hundreds of thousands are without power and heat and so on.

The stupidity here is insane. No one will care for long though, people have the attention of a gold fish — got like 4 more years until he is up for reelection again.

Update on Flying Ted because obviously he can't stop digging his hole just yet: he called his neighbors assholes because some of them are Democrats and he suspects they leaked his wife's texts.

https://www.rawstory.com/ted-cruz-neighbors/

Oh and...

https://nypost.com/2021/02/22/mariachi-band-plays-at-ted-cruzs-home-amid-mexico-backlash/

As far as political protests go - this is the right way to do it. Support local entertainers during this difficult time.

Last point - There is this much blowback on senator Cruz while there was *zero* criticism for Nancy Pelosi visiting a hair saloon months ago in California while she is advocating for lock downs.

So there is a clear double standard here.

Except that's bullshit. Gas and nuclear power stations were failing too. Wind turbines can have de-icing systems installed and work fine thousands of miles north of Texas. If a power plant - wind or gas or whatever - failed to winterize the equipment, that's on them. And on the ludicrously incompetent state government that didn't take steps to ensure they have a resilient power supply and didn't have a plan B to buy power from other states in an emergency, because Texas obviously has to have its own grid.

He left his dog home. In a house that was allegedly freezing or whatever the excuse for the trip was. If I was a Democrat demagogue that's what I would focus on. Cruz being an asshole is hardly news. But leaving the dog?!!! Unacceptable

Cruz probably knew this was a bad look but there's no way he had the foresight to see this much blowback over a trip to Cancun. Cruz is a US senator, not elected on the state level. So really, there isn't much he can do. From my understanding, power outages were the main issue and a middle aged politician is not going to be much help in that field. I've also seen people say that he should be coordinating the response, but this is suppose to be handled on the state level with the governors and state politicians. Regardless, very stupid move by Cruz.

The issue is that Texas was relying too heavily on Wind energy, and the windmills froze when it got too cold. This is one more reason why the green new deal is a bad idea. Nuclear power would be far superior, can more easily scale, and is much cleaner than even the "green" power.

This is slightly off topic but still kinda relevant - Ted Cruz flies to Cancun during Texas snow storms...yikes...
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Last point - There is this much blowback on senator Cruz while there was *zero* criticism for Nancy Pelosi visiting a hair saloon months ago in California while she is advocating for lock downs.

Texas is lucky. They could build their infrastructure so that there would be no dependence on the US necessary.

President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. spoke this evening with Texas Governor Greg Abbott about the severe winter weather situation facing central and southern parts of the United States, including Texas.

President Biden conveyed his support to the people of Texas in this trying time. He reiterated that the federal government will continue to work hand-in-hand with state and local authorities in Texas to bring relief and address the critical needs of the families affected. He also shared his intentions to instruct additional federal agencies to look into any immediate steps that could be taken to support Texans at this time.

The President also expressed that his administration was at the ready should the State of Texas or any other impacted region need additional federal disaster support or assistance as severe storms move across the US.

Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that an emergency exists in the State of Texas and ordered federal assistance to supplement state and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from a severe winter storm beginning on February 11, 2021, and continuing.

The President’s action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to coordinate all disaster relief efforts which have the purpose of alleviating the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population, and to provide appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act, to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, and to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in all 254 Texas counties.

Specifically, FEMA is authorized to identify, mobilize, and provide at its discretion, equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the emergency.  Emergency protective measures for mass care and sheltering and direct federal assistance will be provided at 75 percent federal funding.

Robert J. Fenton, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of Homeland Security, named Jerry S. Thomas as the Federal Coordinating Officer for federal recovery operations in the affected areas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION MEDIA SHOULD CONTACT:  FEMA NEWS DESK AT (202) 646-3272 OR [email protected]