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Perhaps there is no surer sign of the impending apocalypse than Texas Democrats voting for Ted Cruz. And yet, consider energy expert Marty McVey. The fifty-year-old bespectacled Houstonian, who sports slicked-back brown hair, has voted in all but one Democratic primary. But in the fall of 2022, he listened to Cruz speak to a few dozen energy-industry insiders at a conference in Washington, D.C., about the importance of the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. “He should be talking about this more,” McVey recalled thinking. “I was surprised. I just couldn’t find something I disagreed with him on—at least as it related to energy policy.” Afterwards, McVey shook Cruz’s hand and thanked him. He remembers Cruz taking a moment to chat with him.McVey ran…

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