Trevor Noah On The Daily Show, Trevor Noah addressed the shocking situation in Texas, where a brutal winter storm has left half a million residents without power and around 200,000 without clean water. “Texans have been lining up for clean water from public spigots, boiling their own, or even trying to melt snow,” said Noah. “You know that the infrastructure is screwed when your best option for water is to mug a snowman.” There was controversy this week when Ted Cruz was caught on camera leaving the state during a time of emergency to go to Cancún with his family. Noah joked that the Texas senator “had to travel 800 miles just to get heat, water and electricity”. The news has put Cruz in the firing line, with many criticising what has been seen as a selfish move at a particularly dire moment for the state. “You’ve gotta be shitting me, dude!” said Noah. “Your people are literally eating snow right now, and you’re jetting off to Cancún? I’m not even mad that you were selfish. I’m mad that you were so stupid. How can you be in politics for ten years and still have no idea how bad this would make you look?” Cruz has claimed that like many Texans, he has been without power and his family have grown as tired as other residents. “Look, I get that Ted Cruz is tired – the man deserves a break after trying to overthrow the government,” Noah joked. “But this is not the time, Ted! When your constituents said they need clean water, they didn’t mean go find a wet T-shirt contest in Cancun.” He then referred to his “just gross” excuse that he was merely chaperoning his daughters to Mexico rather than visiting himself. “Being a good father means putting them on a bus not throwing them under one,” Noah said. Jimmy Kimmel On Jimmy Kimmel Live! the host also took aim at Cruz, saying that he “did what any great leader would do when his state needed leadership most, he booked a flight to Mexico and said adios, amigos”. Pictures were quickly shared on social media this week of Cruz at the airport, on the plane and eating noodles at the lounge. “In case you were wondering if there was anything grosser than Ted Cruz, there is: Ted Cruz slurping a cup of noodles,” Kimmel said. He referred to him as “a world-class liar” as he tried to weasel out of the hole he had dug for himself, claiming that he knew it was a bad decision as soon as he booked the tickets. “As soon as people started posting pictures of him on the plane, he looked up and knew he shouldn’t be on the plane,” Kimmel joked. Kimmel also quickly moved onto the wintry weather in Washington DC, suggesting that residents could stay warm by “climbing inside Mitch McConnell’s throat pouch”.