With a dangerous winter storm headed for Texas, Ted Cruz prepared by flying to Laguna Beach

[highplainsdem]

Sen Ted Cruz is very sensitive to cold!

— Molly Jong-Fast (@mollyjongfast.bsky.social) 2026-01-21T12:56:32.807Z

[niyad]

1. The replies on bluesky are hilarious!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. Now I am really worried about this storm

We will be wrapping pipes before the freeze

[TexasBushwhacker]

8. Depends on where you are

DFW and further north will definitely have a hard freeze. It won't get above freezing for a few days, starting Friday night. It will be freezing at night in Austin, but it's predicted that it will get above freezing during the day.

t will get above freezing in Houston every day, but they may get ice on the roads Sunday and Monday.

Probably the most important thing for ALL Texans is if you don't have a fixed rate electricity plan GET ONE NOW. Those variable rate plans that promise to always get you the lowest AVAILABLE rate are a trap! When demand peaks, you end up with electric bills that are $2K or more,!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. I live to the west of Houston which is a little colder than Houston

We will be checking the wrapping on the pipes and will be off any highways with overpasses. My son in law is from Illinois, and the running joke is that while he can drive on ice, no one else in Texas knows how to drive on ice.

[TexasBushwhacker]

14. But don't they get snow tires?

Or use the tire chains? In any case, I'm not sure it's wise to drive on icy roads if you can avoid it. They just had a 100+ car pile up in Michigan.

[Lovie777]

3. Ugh.....

He’s in California.

[pinkstarburst]

4. wow, again? I thought this was the onion...

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. It is so very hard to do satire in today's world

Link to tweet

[imanamerican63]

5. And I thought he said that it was a mistake to leave after the first storm?

Oh well, he is a Senator and he doesn’t care about the constituents in his state except for when it concerns him the most!

The coward!

[irisblue]

6. Where is the family dog?

[quaint]

7. The Cruz Family dog is eaten by a zombified Peter Dawson.

[lame54]

12. Get out you California hater

[LetMyPeopleVote]

13. Texans and snow

Houston is not going to get snow but this post made me laugh

Link to tweet

[LetMyPeopleVote]

15. Handy Rafael Cruz winter weather warning chart. 👇

[miyazaki]

16. Aircraft like that don't land at Laguna Beach.

There's probably eighty miles of Socal coastline between San Diego's major airport and Orange County's airport, and a plethora of beaches to stay aside from Laguna.

Maybe he mouthed off or something.

[blogslug]

17. Sub-zero windchill and 5 to 10 inches of snow predicted for the High Plains this weekend 🥶

At least we're not part of ERCOT up here.

https://www.newschannel10.com/2026/01/20/first-alert-major-winter-event-this-weekend/

[Emile]

18. Poor guy don't get a break. What a pos, wasting our tax dollars.