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Senator Ted Cruz responded to online criticism Tuesday night over a renewed tweet.
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In August, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz mocked California’s “failed energy policy” on Twitter.
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His post resurfaced Tuesday as more than 3 million Texans were without electricity during a winter storm.
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Senator Ted Cruz set a rare conciliatory tone after Twitter users paralyzed the Texas senator for a new boom Augustus tweet in which he mocked California’s ‘failed energy policy’ as millions of Texans were left without electricity due to a severe winter storm this past weekend.
Many have accused Cruz of being hypocritical for criticizing California’s power infrastructure in the wake of wildfires and extreme heat waves that plagued the West Coast last summer, while his own state’s infrastructure is struggling to cope with bad weather. .
“I got no defense,” Cruz said. tweeted Tuesday, following online criticism. “A blizzard hits Texas and our state closes. Not good.”
In August, Cruz responded to a message from the governor’s office urging Californians to turn off unnecessary lights and restrict their use of appliances, saying that the state ‘can not even perform basic functions of civilization, such as being reliable. to have electricity ‘.
He then accused President Joe Biden, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Vice President Kamala Harris of wanting to make California’s “failed energy policy nationwide the standard”.
“Hope you do not like air conditioning!” he tweeted last year.
Now, Texas’ power grid has failed because the state’s infrastructure is not equipped to handle large amounts of ice and snow and icy temperatures. According to Tuesday night, more than 3 million Texans were without power, according to the disruption site PowerOutage.us.
The power outages and the interruption of power outages affected the designated heating centers and shelters. Two men were found dead in Texas this week; their death is thought to be due to exposure to low temperatures.
Charles Davis of Insider reported Tuesday that there are a number of reasons for the massive power outages in Texas, but the simplest explanation is that the extreme cold has sparked an unprecedented demand for heat, surpassing the state’s ability to supply.
According to the Texas Electricity Reliability Board, as the weather got worse, the ability to generate electricity diminished.
Despite Cruz’s concession, many pointed it out quickly that the senator did not apologize in California or the politicians he criticized in his original tweet. Some praised his honesty, while others urged the legislature to take legislative steps to help the millions of people across the region affected by the icy temperatures.
“Stay safe!” he tweeted.
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