Tweets from Texas Republican lawmakers mocking California’s power outages are being criticized this week as Lone Star State faces winter storms that have caused many to lose power in their homes.
GOP lawmakers criticized Democrats when massive heat waves in California in 2019 caused widespread disruptions, affecting 30 of the state’s 58 counties.
Over the weekend, an unusual winter storm left millions of people in Texas without electricity, prompting the state’s grid operator to declare a state of emergency and bringing to light the old tweets of Republican lawmakers.
Here are three Texas Republicans mocking power outages in California last year and my Dallas bathtub this morning, a literal block of ice pic.twitter.com/ViGZuTZz40
– Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) February 16, 2021
A tweet from Sen. Ted Cruz
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My parents have been without electricity in Houston for almost 24 hours, they don’t even turn on power outages in Houston. Looks like Republicans like you took the energy for granted and didn’t invest enough in the Texas power grid.
– Cloudydays16 need PPE now (@ cloudydays1971) February 16, 2021
A short thread from Texas Republicans who share their thoughts about the disruptions elsewhere
– Brian Kahn (@blkahn) February 16, 2021
A tweet from Rep. And Crenshaw
Daniel Crenshaw Will the post-Trump GOP party come soon? NBA requires all teams to sing national anthem Conservatives outraged after Cuban immigrant throws before Mavericks games MORE (R-Texas) also reappeared in September, quoting and tweeting the Los Angeles mayor’s account and writing, “Alexa, show me what happens when you let Democrats control energy policy.”
The mayor’s tweet had suggested Californians turn off lights and unplug appliances to save energy.
Alexa, show me what happens when you let Democrats control energy policy. https://t.co/PLtgofajlg
– Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) September 8, 2020
Representative. Ruben Gallego
Ruben Gallego Overnight defense: new START extended by five years Austin orders “stop” to fight extremism Panel warns Biden to delay Afghanistan’s withdrawal Arizona GOP President Kelli Ward faces election reward, Puerto Rican officials call on hope for progress in state MORE (D-Ariz.) He wrote on Twitter Tuesday that the impact of Texas’ winter storms should be a lesson “not to crash into other states when they go through disasters.”
“I hope this will teach Texas politicians to stop in other states when they go through disasters. All Americans deserve help and empathy from their American colleagues, whether it is a blue or red state. (I am guilty of this and I will be better) ”, Gallego posted on Twitter.
I hope this will teach Texas politicians to stop in other states when they go through disasters. All Americans deserve help and empathy from their American colleagues, whether it is a blue or red state. (I’m guilty of it and I’ll be better)
– Ruben Gallego (@RubenGallego) February 16, 2021
Updated at 16:39