Ted Cruz — Jul 8, 2025

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In the days after the Jul. 4 floods, Cruz dismissed criticism tying the death toll to National Weather Service staffing cuts as "partisan finger pointing" (per Dallas Morning News). Separately he rejected the cloud-seeding conspiracy: "To the best of my knowledge, there is zero evidence of anything related to weather modification. And look, the internet can be a strange place. People can come up with all sorts of crazy theories."

Codes

• Deflects Blame yes — Calls the NWS-cuts criticism "partisan finger pointing."
• Climate Connection no — No climate framing.
• Rejects Weather Conspiracy yes — Says there is "zero evidence" of weather modification.