Ted Cruz Takes Family On Cancun Vacay While Texas Freezes

Being a native Texan, I’ve been checking in on my brother and friends who have been severely impacted by the terrible freezing cold catastrophe happening in the Lone Star state. As I’m sure you’ve seen, there are rolling blackouts (or just plain ‘blackouts’) happening across the state. My brother, like many Texans, went without water for a few days. And now 7 million residents are being told to boil water before drinking it as water treatment plants haven’t gotten back up to speed. First, Gov. Greg Abbott tried to blame the power outages on the Green New Deal which isn’t even effective legislation anywhere. Abbott pointed to wind towers freezing as a big part of the problem when wind only makes up about 7 percent of the state’s power. The real problem has apparently been the fact that natural gas lines froze, plus Texas has refused to spend any money on its energy infrastructure in forever. Warmer weather is thankfully on the horizon (my weather app says temps will get back up in the 40s on Saturday), but Twitter flipped out last night when it was discovered Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) boarded a plane for a family vacation to Mexico while his constituents are in the midst of a statewide emergency. Fox News reports:

Sen. Ted Cruz flew to Cancun, Mexico, with his family this week as Texas dealt with a winter storm that left millions without power, Fox News has confirmed.

Photographs of Cruz, R-Texas, at an airport began circulating on social media late Wednesday, with people alleging that the senator had left the state for Cancun amid a major crisis. A Republican source told Fox News that the allegations Cruz was traveling to the Mexican city are true.

“The photos speak for themselves,” the source said. Cruz’s office did not respond to multiple requests for comment on Thursday morning.

Cruz put out a statement saying his family asked to go on a vacation so he accompanied them to Cancun but meant to return today. But there are reports his original return ticket was for Saturday. Not a good look abandoning your state during an enormous natural disaster, Rafael.

Guess which US Senator from Texas flew to Cancun while the state was freezing to death and having to boil water? pic.twitter.com/fNY00EmMMR

— Gene Wu (@GeneforTexas) February 18, 2021

Caught tonight! @TedCruz fleeing to CANCUN while his home state freezes with no running water or electricity

retweet pic.twitter.com/8jHzF4Qk0L

— Make it Rain ☔️🎸 (@Trx1000) February 18, 2021

Ted Cruz had a huge container of luggage for each hour he planned to stay in Mexico pic.twitter.com/WL1Drp2vpW

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 18, 2021

Cruz’s statement suggests he always planned to come back today and wasn’t planning to vacation in Mexico. This report indicates he’s lying. https://t.co/qljaKdbYIh

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 18, 2021

Heidi Cruz is a managing director at Goldman Sachs and a Harvard graduate.
I think she’s entirely capable of navigating airports with her kids on her own.
Ted Cruz is a liar, a fraud, and a human piece of garbage.

— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) February 18, 2021

New Statement from @tedcruz: pic.twitter.com/0WMni5O9R1

— Vaughn Hillyard (@VaughnHillyard) February 18, 2021