OBVIOUS CHOICE

GOP Texas Sen. Cornyn to Join Biden in Houston as Cruz Yuks It Up at CPAC

Biden was expected to meet with state and local officials in Houston on Friday as the state recovers from a devastating winter storm.

While Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) hangs out at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando—where he’s already joked about leaving his state in the middle of a devastating winter storm—fellow Texas Sen. John Cornyn plans to join President Joe Biden in Houston as he surveys the damage, the Austin American-Statesman reports. Biden is expected to meet with state and local officials during the trip, as well as tour a COVID-19 vaccination site and Houston food bank. “The president doesn’t view the crisis and the millions of people who’ve been impacted by it as a Democratic or Republican issue,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday.

Meanwhile, Cruz delivered a rambling speech at CPAC Friday morning, joking about his trip to Mexico while his state was in crisis, and mocking mask-wearing amid the coronavirus pandemic. At least 30 people have died in Texas as a result of the historic winter storm earlier this month, which knocked out power and left millions without drinkable water.