Ted Cruz decided to jet off for some R&R in the middle of one the the worst crises to hit Texas in decades (CNN)

Senator Ted Cruz, the right wing provocateur would have leapt over the Empire State Building to a criticize a Democrat who left the state he or she represents for a vacation during a massive crisis. The optics are terrible and Sen. Cruz immediately knew this trip was a huge error in judgment. The pics of him boarding the airplane and getting all settled in for his vaca are red meat in the Twitterverse and other partisan platforms. Although controversy is woven into Sen. Cruz’s DNA, this is not the type of attention he is seeking to garner. Hope the poolside margarita was worth it (if he had time for one before hopping on back across the border).