Ted Cruz Left his Dog in the Freezing House?! (And More TEXAS CRISIS News)

What You Need to Know with Geoff Plitt

The situation in Texas is so bad, people are boiling snow to get clean drinking water. And according to QAnon, if you find yellow snow, go for it, that's lemonade Trump left there for his loyal supporters. Meanwhile, QAnon is blaming President Biden for the crisis. Wow! They think Biden is president? Finally! As if the disaster in Texas isn't enough, a mayor there named Tim Boyd made a bizarre every-man-for-himself speech, telling those without power, water, and food "no one owes you anything" and "only the strong will survive". Sounds like someone has an underground party bunker! I guess it's true about everything being bigger in Texas-- even the assholes! So he resigned the next day, and asked what he's doing next, he says he plans to run for Mayor of the Thunderdome. Ted Cruz got busted for flying to Cancun during his state's darkest hour, and then lied by saying it was a last-minute decision, even though leaked messages from his wife show they invited friends to join them several days in advance. Which I find very hard to believe. Ted Cruz has friends?? So Senator Cruz is taking heat for his Mexico vacation scandal, but I think we should be more compassionate, guys. He was just seeking asylum-- from his constituents. Oh, I'm getting an update: turns out another reason he was in Mexico is that a tequila factory requested he visit when they ran out of worms. The Ted Cruz debacle gets even better-- a photographer captured a family member they left behind in their cold-ass house when they headed off to Cancun-- their little poodle named Snowflake. In a related story, Snowflake just tweeted that she is now a board member of the Lincoln Project. Finally, while Ted Cruz did next to nothing to help Texas either before or after his vacation humiliation, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez raised $4M in relief funds and plans a trip to Houston. Wow, $4M, that's almost enough to cover one family's electricity bill down there! Plus it looks like her visit may immediately solve the crisis, by melting the snow with her spicy-hot socialism.