ut now it turns out Cruz is not in the loop and hasn't even bothered to participate in meetings with officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) or other federal agencies.

In a Sunday morning interview with George Stephanopoulos for ABC's This Week, the former Clinton press secretary grilled Cruz on what she's been up to since Hurricane Maria hit:

STEPHANOPOULOS: The president's FEMA director is suggesting you're not really plugged in. Yesterday, he said you need to make your way to the joint field office and get plugged in to what's going on.