I Don’t Need Ted Cruz

Last week, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz was spotted on an airplane. Normally, this wouldn’t attract attention from the media, social or otherwise. However, Cruz was leaving Texas just days before a winter storm was about to do nasty things to the state. And this didn’t sit well with some on social media.

One user wrote, “Nobody thinks a senator can personally de-ice roads. The point is accountability and urgency. You stay, you communicate, you push for readiness and you take the lead with your constituents instead of outsourcing it to them.”

Apparently, the user thinks that Cruz is better able to communicate information about the storm and its potential impact than the National Weather Service, utility companies, or state and local officials. Apparently, Cruz should provide his constituents with shopping lists.

Personally, I don’t need Ted Cruz or any other government official telling me what to do to prepare for a storm. And anyone who does is, to quote Trump, probably “a low IQ person.”  In fact, I purchased extra water and other essentials five days before the storm was expected to arrive. I didn’t care to deal with the hordes who would overwhelm the store at the last minute once Ted Cruz told them how to prepare.

Another social media user wrote, “If Cruz wants Texans to trust him the next time the grid wobbles, the answer is simple: show up when it is uncomfortable, not just when it is sunny.” Personally, I don’t trust Ted Cruz no matter what the weather.

When Cruz first ran for Senator, I found his explicit support for property rights refreshing. But since taking office, he has made it abundantly clear that his ignorance of property rights rivals Trump’s. My distrust of Cruz runs so deep that I would vote for that vile creature named Jasmine Crockett before I’d vote for him.

I have no problem with Cruz leaving the state with a dangerous storm approaching. I just wish he would remain out of the state after the storm passes, because I don’t need Ted Cruz, or any other government official, telling me how to live.