'I got no defense': Ted Cruz responds after viral tweet mocking California energy policies resurface

[In It to Win It]

Sen. Ted Cruz responded to online criticism over a resurfaced tweet Tuesday evening.

In August, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas mocked California's "failed energy policies" on Twitter.

His post resurfaced Tuesday as over 3 million Texans were without electricity during a winter storm.

Link to tweet

https://www.yahoo.com/news/got-no-defense-ted-cruz-025155619.html

[msongs]

1. that's a surprise nt

[moonscape]

23. Someone hacked his Twitter. Probably Hillary. n/t

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. Resign, dickhead. nt

[mr_lebowski]

3. Alright, well ... next time shut your festering gob, you tit! Your kind really make me puke (nt)

[Blue_true]

8. Exactly. I really despise people that believe in federalism for their state

but not for blue state, even when blue states, except for maybe two, are net donors of money to the federal government.

[keithbvadu2]

15. Cruz et al... Rugged individualists... with their begging hand out.

Cruz et al... Rugged individualists... with their begging hand out.

[Mariana]

4. Don't exaggerate, Ted. It's not a blizzard. nt.

[gratuitous]

5. That was close

I thought for a second that Cruz would apologize or acknowledge how cruel he was. You know, betray some scintilla of humanity.

[dalton99a]

6. Blizzard, my ass. Texas gas producers knew ten years ago:

The last time the state experienced a major freeze like this was a decade ago in 2011. At that time, too, natural gas generation experienced difficulties — had ERCOT not reduced load through the rolling blackouts implemented during that storm, it would have resulted in widespread blackouts throughout the entire region, a federal report on the storm warned.

It is possible to “winterize” natural gas power plants, natural gas production and wind turbines, experts said, which prevent such major interruptions in other states with more regular extreme winter weather. But even after upgrades were made following the 2011 winter storm, many Texas power generators have still not made all the investments necessary to prevent the sort of disruptions happening to the equipment, experts said.

ERCOT directors also said that the storm this week took a turn in the early morning hours of Monday, when extremely low temperatures forced many more generators offline than ERCOT had anticipated.

“It appeared that the winterization we were doing was working, but this weather was more extreme than (past storms),” Woodfin said. “The loss of generation during the morning of Monday, after midnight, was really the part that made this a more extreme event than we had planned.”

Upgrading equipment to withstand extremely low temperatures and other changes, such as providing incentives for customers to conserve power or upgrade to smart appliances, could help avoid disasters like this one, said Le Xie, a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University and assistant director of energy digitization at A&M’s Energy Institute.

“We used to not worry too much about such extreme cold weather in places like Texas, but we probably need to get ready for more in the future,” Xie said. With climate change, he said, “We’re going to have more extreme weather conditions throughout the country.”

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/16/natural-gas-power-storm/

[Blue_true]

10. Ted Cruz is from the same party that ridicules energy saving light bulbs.

Don’t expect those clown to have a revelation until climate change lay their states flat.

[matt819]

7. He'll be back with more vile anti-Democratic insults

He’s a Republican. It’s in his blood. Plus, he’s just such a vile person, he can’t stop himself.

[Blue_true]

11. Yep. Just wait until a blue state has an issue. nt

[Vivienne235729]

9. Yea, I BET it's hard to excuse away your greed and corruption

At the expense of the safety of your constituents. What a douchebag. Hey TEXAS! VOTE BETTER!

[JI7]

12. RESIGN

[ellie]

13. Oh fuck off asshole

[yonder]

14. Ted, ted, tedd...it's:

"I have no defense", oh ye of fine education.

"I can't get no, satisfaction, heh, heh, haaaay" is the proper form.

[panader0]

24. He's trying to sound homey and hip. Instead of stupid, which is how he sounds.

[BeerBarrelPolka]

25. And looks

[JI7]

16. His offices are probably getting a lot of angry calls over this

[moondust]

17. Resign now.

Spare us your political malpractice and save yourself the endless self-embarrassment.

[Marie Marie]

18. "I got no defense". Sounds like Cruz explaining not only his career but

also his persona.

[Raine]

19. Well at least he admitted he had no defense. 🤐 nt

[SergeStorms]

20. California's rolling blackouts...

were due to massive wildfires and the power companies not wanting to start more of the same. It wasn't due to greed and mismanagement like Texas. So shove it up your ass, you pathetic excuse for a human being. Can you imagine, this doorknob actually thinks he's presidential material?

[dsc]

26. actually the fact that they feared the powerlines would cause more such fires

is a function of greed. They chose not to fire proof them.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

21. Coup Coup Qruz got no sense. Resign.

[BeerBarrelPolka]

22. Interesting

So he admits no defense: True
Calls it a blizzard: False

Frankly, the storm is nothing compared to routine winters in other parts of the US. The problem rests solely with the government and utilities of Texas.

[Thrill]

27. He has no defense for any of the bullshit he spews