I don't think he has any advanced warning, he probably just is on vacation so much, the odds are in his favor that he'll be out of state when something bad happens.

When you're a useless lazy piece of shit like him, of course you've fucked off to anywhere else but where the work is.

He's some kind of indicator species. When he migrates, it's time to stockpile water and food. Way cheaper than expensive satellites or weather balloons.

Texas's infrastructure is so horrible that you honestly don't need a lot of warning to get the hell out.

Even "those clouds look kind of dark" is good odds of SOMETHING that will cause a disaster to some level.

They would, but he's never in the country. Always galavanting as far from his constituents as he can.

My guess is that he's useful to them, for now.

They'll eventually cast him aside like the trash he is. He either doesn't know it, or he's in denial.

He's got that magic R next to his name

Not just American, but his own constituents.

Unfortunately the morons will vote for him no matter what he does (or doesn't do).

I mean, he isn't really American. He is Canadian.

I do not like his far right views

At least he was in Greece and not Moscow - like some congresscritters I could name.

....Matt Gaetz enters the chat.

(or Stephen Miller. Or Curtis Yarvin. Or Roger Stone. Or Richard Spencer. Or Donnie Jr. )

Ajit Pai when he was around.

Woah woah woah. His punchability doesn't compare to the absolutely smashable Mitch McConnell

You've never seen christopher pyne

Mike Johnson’s comes to mind

A Zodiac Killer is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.

He's in tight with O&G, his wife literally works for Goldman Sachs, and he's jumped into Opus Dei. The man has more money and institutional support than any three other Senators you could name, despite being a turd in the Texas punch bowl the rest of the year.

Meanwhile, his most competent opponents have been the Skateboarding Take Your Guns guy chanting "demographics is destiny" to a bunch of conservative Latinos and the Linebacker in sheriff cosplay who ran on being tougher on the border than Republicans.

When your options are constantly Republican or Republican Lite, is there any surprise when the Republican wins?

With a username like that, I’d highly recommend staying away from buildings with windows that extend beyond the first floor.

The plane has a faster terminal velocity than a person

Ted Cruz is a dick, but really, what is he actually going to accomplish by being there? I completely get that in the modern media world, a politician needs to be seen at the disaster site. They need to have their picture taken next to the heavy machinery, and talking with actual people doing the disaster relief work (ideally not while wearing goofy white boots).

But, really, I would assume that his presence will just interfere with the work. Maybe he could be useful in his office, answering phones from concerned people, coordinating longer-term plans. But, I'm sure it's just a matter of time before we see him in jeans at a disaster site because... that's important.