Ted Cruz personifies the motto: "I can get away with anything."

[Hortensis]

4. I just turned CNN on in time to see...Brianna Keller skewer "Flyin' Ted"

and roast him over the fire he laid. Apparently he also requested Houston police escort him to the airport while he took a powder. He's reported to now be leaving the beaches of Cancun to return to TX, a form of personal emergency that of course won't include a frozen home and water running down the walls.

As a U.S. senator Cruz can claim it's not his job, but his "narrowly vanquished opponent from 2018," Beto O'Rourke, who presumably "has less clout than Cruz," is out there doing what he can.