Well, Republicans want others to die if it will increase their privilege and/or profit even one iota. So silly red meat things thrown to a low-IQ racist base will do…I mean, in Texas, fighting against measures to combat global warming - it’s hard to get any dumber. But people like Cruz are not likely to suffer the consequences of such things - he could always jet off to some other destination if Texas got too hot (or too cold) for him.