Harvey could be Ted Cruz's time to shine. So far he hasn't
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- A hurricane in his own backyard is offering Ted Cruz a prime opportunity to show Texans – and the nation – he can be a compassionate, fiscally conservative leader who’s moved past his very ugly public riff with President Donald Trump that roiled some conservatives during last year’s presidential campaign.
Texas’ junior U.S. senator is doing fine showing compassion. But two days into one of the biggest storms in history to hit Texas’s southeast coast, Cruz, whose hometown of Houston is enduring the worst of the storm this week, has made little progress showing he’s willing to demonstrate fiscal restraint or embrace Trump.
Though he joined Trump at storm meetings in Corpus Christi and Austin Tuesday, Cruz avoided the most public appearance on the runway when the president arrived in Corpus Christi.
And as Washington lawmakers begin to craft emergency relief legislation for victims of Hurricane Harvey, Cruz has been dogged with bad press. The media has been rehashing his vote against similar legislation after Superstorm Sandy hit New Jersey in 2012.
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