Opinion: Should leaders stay or should they go during a disaster?
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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, adjusts his face covering during a confirmation hearing for Judge Merrick Garland, nominee to be Attorney General, before the Senate Judicary Committee, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Drew Angerer/Pool via AP)Drew Angerer, POOL / Associated Press
Ted Cruz and Ken Paxton
Regarding “As Texans freeze, a ticket to paradise,” (A10, Feb. 19): What would Ted Cruz have done if he stayed here. Hand out water with Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for a photo op?
Alan C. Bentley, Needville
A leader should stay with his people, either Republican or Democrat, it doesn’t matter. They are our direct line to get through the red tape. To me they acted like Nero and his fiddle.