Biden visits disaster-hit Texas as Cruz basks in warmth of Florida right-fest
by David Smith in Washington from on (#5EQ4E)
The president visited an emergency operations centre and a food bank as the Texas senator railed against the hard left' at the conservative CPAC event
America's political divide was on display on Friday as Joe Biden flew to Texas to comfort victims of a deadly winter storm while Ted Cruz, a senator from the beleaguered state, basked in Florida sunshine and joked about his recent holiday in Mexico.
The US president, who made empathy the core of his election campaign, and the first lady, Jill Biden, travelled to Houston for his first trip to a major disaster site since taking office on 20 January.
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