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So he toured the Parthenon during 4th of July weekend, 24 hours AFTER people were caught in the flood.

Rafael Cruz just doesn't love Americans does he?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I would have gotten back faster; it wasn’t for my family.

Rafael Cruz

[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago

I got your distress signal and came as quickly as I wanted to...

[–] [email protected] 14 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I'm a Republican and WHO CARES? What's he Supposed to do ANYWAYS? FUND Weather Services and Natural Disaster Services that could have Prevented the Deaths and Helped with the Cleanup? That's STUPID! That's NOT Why I pay TAXES! I Pay taxes so JEFF BEZOS can Afford a NEW JET and THATS IT!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 23 hours ago

What’s funny is these people could afford anything regardless of what taxes they pay. By not taxing them, we only hurt ourselves.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Texans keep re-electing him so I guess they're good with his actions

[–] [email protected] 7 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

He's in tight with O&G, his wife literally works for Goldman Sachs, and he's jumped into Opus Dei. The man has more money and institutional support than any three other Senators you could name, despite being a turd in the Texas punch bowl the rest of the year.

Meanwhile, his most competent opponents have been the Skateboarding Take Your Guns guy chanting "demographics is destiny" to a bunch of conservative Latinos and the Linebacker in sheriff cosplay who ran on being tougher on the border than Republicans.

When your options are constantly Republican or Republican Lite, is there any surprise when the Republican wins?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

There are wildfires in Israel though, must have been a tough choice.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

Fuck him and his constituents, they love the abuse. If they didn’t they would have gotten rid of him the first dozen times he did this shit. At this point it’s Cruz’s trademark to run away during a crisis. And Texas fucking loves it.

On a side note, how does big bad Texas have such a soft, wimpy, sad excuse for a man as their rep? Maybe he represents the true Texan man

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Terminal velocity is as fast as humanly possible. Drop his ass out of the plane next time.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The plane has a faster terminal velocity than a person

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

But that's faster than the human by itself can go making it inhumanely possible.

I'm just kidding. I have no idea if what i said even made sense after a wake bake but I really want him to drop from a plane.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

As fast as I possibly could go,so after the kids let me

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

Considering how subhuman he is it could be true

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"I came as fast as I felt like"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

A Zodiac Killer is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

"I got here as fast as a felt like getting here!"

-Ted Cruz

probably

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago

Cancun Cruz is in Greece this time, must be nice.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Yet Texas voters keep landsliding this absolute coward back into office. Nevermind he has abandoned his constituents at every major natural disaster. Even Chip Roy, who is arguably a bigger fucking idiot than he is, was there before him.

Edit reminder: Dude even abandon's his dog in the worst ice storm of his state's history! I don't care if his security guard was watching him, people were freezing to death!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I think very few Texans ever voted for Cruz because they actually like or know about him. He has the R next to his name and that's good enough.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

100% this they'll always vote R or abstain from voting. The argument abstaining from voting causes low voter turnout, which elects elects more Rs doesn't matter.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Honestly, I think that's depressingly common the world over.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Probably better he was out of the way. His photo ops would have diverted resources

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