“Cruz’s staff contacted personnel at on Wednesday … and requested assistance upon the senator’s arrival at the airport,” police told ABC News. Hours-long queues have formed at grocery stores as people try to find food, and at least 20 people have died.Įmergency services have faced being overwhelmed by the storm, and were further stretched when Cruz’s team requested Houston police aid him as he arrived at the city’s Houston Bush airport. People in Austin and Houston have spent days coping with blackouts and in some cases a lack of running water, as subzero temperatures grip the region. The Cancún trip comes as millions of Texans remain without power after a snowstorm swept through parts of the state. 6nPiVWtdxe- David Shuster February 18, 2021 Cruz seems to believe there isn't much for him to do in Texas for the millions of fellow Texans who remain without electricity/water and are literally freezing. Just confirmed and his family flew to Cancun tonight for a few days at a resort they've visited before. “Wanting to be a good dad, I flew down with them last night and am flying back this afternoon.”Ĭruz said he and his staff were in “constant communication with state and local leaders” about the crisis in Texas.Ī journalist for the travel news outlet Skift had earlier reported that Cruz was originally due to return on Saturday, but had booked a flight at 6am on Thursday, to return that day. “With school cancelled for the week, our girls asked to take a trip with friends,” Cruz said. Others purportedly showed Cruz sitting on the plane.Īs news of the vacation broke Cruz, normally a prolific tweeter, remained silent, but behind the scenes the senator changed his plans and scrambled to return to his besieged state, the New York Times reported.Ĭruz’s statement, issued from Mexico, contradicted the reporting of the Times, and multiple other outlets. GOP Source: “the photos speak for themselves”- Chad Pergram February 18, 2021Ī photo shared on Twitter on Wednesday sparked sustained outrage at Cruz, seemingly traveling with his wife, Heidi Cruz, waiting to board a flight to Cancún. The conditions have led to the death of at least 30 people across the region, which continued to be frozen by record low temperatures Thursday night.Colleague Paul Steinhauser confirms GOP TX Sen Ted Cruz traveled to Cancun amid the TX storm/power outages. President Biden declared a state of emergency in Texas earlier in the week, to allow FEMA to assist warming centers and shelters stretched to their max. My team and I will continue using all our resources to keep Texans informed and safe.” “We want our power back, our water on, and our homes warm. My staff and I are in constant communication with state and local leaders to get to the bottom of what happened in Texas,” he added. Wanting to be a good dad, I flew down with them last night and am flying back this afternoon. “With school cancelled for the week, our girls asked to take a trip with friends. Like millions of Texans, our family lost heat and power, too. Our homes are freezing and our lights are out. We have food lines, gas lines, and people sleeping at the neighbors’ house. ReutersĪngry Texans can be heard chanting “resign” in footage of the impromptu press conference tweeted by The Recount.Ĭruz’s written statement earlier in the day read in part: “The greatest state in the greatest country in the world has been without power. ![]() Ted Cruz walks through the Cancun International Airport before boarding his plane back to Texas on Feb. When you’ve got two girls who’ve been cold for two days and haven’t had heat or power and they’re saying, ‘Look we don’t have school why don’t we go, let’s get out of here.'” Sen. “It was obviously a mistake and in hindsight I wouldn’t have done it,” he told reporters outside the airport, according to the newspaper. After touching down in the US, he apologized for the tone-deaf trip, but doubled down on his parenting skills. ![]() In a statement released during the day, the Republican blamed the getaway on his young daughters, saying he was only chaperoning them to Mexico. He returned to Houston Thursday night where he was greeted by a police escort as some 500,000 Texas remained in the dark and about 7 million people were under a boil water advisory. ![]() Sen. Ted Cruz now claims it was “obviously a mistake” to escape Texas for Cancun as his home state reels from catastrophic power outages and deadly winter weather.Īmid blistering criticism, Cruz cut his trip to the Mexican resort short by two days, according to the Dallas Morning News. Ted Cruz urges House to impeach President Biden over damning Hunter text Ted Cruz shreds ‘Barbie’ movie for including ‘Chinese propaganda’ map ![]() Chilling revelations on the rise of feds’ Orwellian speech police
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