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Sen. Cruz and his family have left Texas during its unprecedented winter-weather state of emergency. Sen. Ted Cruz is returning to Texas after intense backlash of the Republican traveling to Texas despite the winter storm battering the Lone Star State. The Texas senator was photographed on his way to board a flight back home on Thursday.
We re offering our best deal ever with this Editor s Special. Support local news coverage by subscribing to the Napa Valley Register. California is now unable to perform even basic functions of civilization, like having reliable electricity, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz gleefully tweeted after two nights of blackouts left hundreds of thousands of Californians without electricity last August. Cruz and others said the power outages were proof of California s foolish strategy of relying heavily on solar and wind power.
Now it s Texas that s been paralyzed by blackouts, far more widespread and longer-lasting than California s, as a dangerous winter storm has plunged millions into darkness and freezing cold. The blackouts exposed deep flaws along Texas electricity grid â notably a casual, Wild West approach to planning for shortages that pales in comparison to California s more structured approach.