U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz received backlash for leaving his home state of Texas for Mexico during an emergency. His actions fueled a number of jokes on last night's late-night shows.
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Hollywood stars have a lot to say about politics - here's what was on their mind this week.

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Alec Baldwin weighed in on the intensifying feud between New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Democratic State Assemblyman Ron Kim.
Bette Midler tweeted that the current situation in Texas is some kind of divine retribution against Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn.
Taylor Swift credited her boyfriend, Joe Alwyn, with inspiring her to start dabbling in political activism in recent years.
"The Daily Show" host Trevor Noah bashed Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans following the acquittal of the former president in his second impeachment trial.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is still open to diving into politics.
Numerous celebrities who have heaped praise on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the past several months are now remaining particularly mum on the bombshell admission that his administration withheld data...