Cruz demurs on climate-flooding link

Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who in March compared climate change realists to “flat-Earthers,” declined to address whether climate change is to blame for the severe flooding that hit his home state this week. “In a time of tragedy, I think it’s wrong to try to politicize a natural disaster and so there’s plenty of time to talk about other issues,” Senator Cruz said when asked about climate change during a press conference held Wednesday.