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Re: Senator Ted Cruz in Mexico as Texans Freeze with NO Power/Water/Dwindling Food
'This is a Disaster': Texas Faces NO Power/Water & Dwindling Food Supplies Amid Arctic Conditions
Senator Ted Cruz Flies to Mexico With His Family as Texan Families Freeze and Suffer
Millions of Texans Struggle For Drinking Water Following Deadly Winter Storm
With grocery stores empty, school meals suspended and pantries forced to close, millions are trapped in precarious situations
•19 Feb 2021 Guardian News
Food banks in Texas have gone into disaster mode as they ramp up operations to tackle a surge in hunger after unprecedented freezing conditions disrupted almost every part of the food supply chain in the state.
Grocery stores are empty, school meal programs suspended, and deliveries disrupted by untreated treacherous roads that have left millions of Texans trapped in precarious living conditions with dwindling food supplies.
Even those who did stockpile before the Arctic conditions swept in have lost refrigerated groceries due to lengthy power cuts and cannot cook what food they do have without electricity or gas.
In the worst-affected areas, food banks and pantries were forced to close for several days this week as it was impossible for staff and vehicles to get to the distribution sites. Relief was limited to disaster boxes sent to people seeking refuge in warming shelters.
On Thursday, the disruption to energy and safe water supplies had food banks scrambling to procure large quantities of bottled water and ready meals and snacks that do not require cooking.
“This is a disaster. We are doing rapid needs assessments so we can get appropriate food to those people quickly. When everything thaws, we’re preparing for a massive spike in demand,” said Valerie Hawthorne, director of government relations at the North Texas Food Bank, based in Dallas. “This has been the longest week of all our lives.”
Ted Cruz Can't Escape Mexico Vacation Memes - Flies to Cancún as Millions of Texans Freeze in The Dark
Texas senator Ted Cruz, who fled Texas in the middle of record-breaking cold temperatures that left millions of his constituents without power or water, was unable to escape Twitter’s ire on Thursday, with users gleefully skewering what was seen as the senator’s poor judgment and poorer excuses.
In a statement released 12 hours after he was seen boarding the flight to Mexico, Cruz claimed that he took the flight to accompany his daughters.
New Yorker staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe noted that Cruz “somewhat overpacked” if that was the purpose of his trip.
Texas senator Ted Cruz has sparked outcry after he was spotted flying to the balmier destination of Cancún, Mexico as millions of his constituents endure deadly power outages and freezing temperatures. Cruz was seen boarding the flight on Wednesday with his family.
A day later, after the images went viral, he returned to Texas.
"When you got two girls who have been cold for two days and haven't had heat or power, and they're saying, 'Hey, look, we don't have school, why don't we go, let's get out of here', I think there are a lot of parents that'd be like, 'All right, let me – if I can do this, great," Cruz said.
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