Ted Cruz: “The National Weather Service for this region was controlled…”

“What I can tell you on the facts, if you look at the National Weather Service, number one, they put out Two emergency weather alerts, both before the major flooding. Number two, The National Weather Service for this region was controlled out of New Braunfels. They had not only full staffing, they had three additional people on working that night because they anticipated extreme weather.” (07:49–07:55)

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