through his office and campaign, ted cruz has thousands of contacts across the state and direct access to the kinds of people who can help organize and deliver relief. for someone who isn’t in the texas government itself, he is uniquely positioned to help. https://twitter.com/ewerickson/status/1362391144672489473

it’s all “we don’t need government only charity and personal initiative” until we actually need charity and personal initiative and then it’s “well what do you expect him to do”

a united states senate seat isn’t a platform for shitposting. it’s a public trust. and ted cruz is violating it.

if nothing else, ted cruz very obviously wants to be president. “i gave everything i had to help texans in the midst of a once-in-a-century disaster” is a pretty great talking point on the stump

in conclusion

actually, one last point on that erickson tweet: POLITICS IS PERFORMATIVE! regardless of whether cruz has the power to make a difference in the crisis, it matters what he does and how he acts!