..but that only works on problems that don't have tangible, immediate, or obvious impact on most people's lives. In a situation where millions have been without power and water for 3+ days in freezing temps nobody's interested in some excuse about the Green New Deal. There's a reason Abbot has moved on to blaming ercot.

In fact I think the way commenters glibly map their explanations across national partisan lines, and choose sides accordingly, falls flat on a local level. Dems should be aware of how opportunistic and insincere it comes off to a lot of people who are actually in the crisis.