On Thursday, protesters gathered outside his home also called on him to resign.Fifty-two empty school buses make up the NRA Children’s Museum. “Guess which US Senator from Texas flew to Cancún while the state was freezing to death and having to boil water?” Wu wrote. The Texas Democratic party called on Cruz, who was narrowly re-elected to the US Senate in 2018, to resign after news of the Cancún trip broke, while Gene Wu, a Democratic Texas state representative, was among those to criticize Cruz on Twitter. In December Cruz attacked Stephen Adler, the Democratic mayor of Austin, for taking a trip to Cabo San Lucas, in Mexico, during the coronavirus pandemic. It reads: “Come and take it.”Ĭruz now faces criticism of hypocrisy after he had urged Texans to “just stay home” during a radio interview on Monday, as the winter storm approached the state. Photos showed Cruz, a prominent rightwing supporter of Donald Trump who opposed the former president’s most recent impeachment, dressed in casual attire at the airport and wearing a face mask he has been spotted wearing in Washington. “HPD officers monitored his movements through the terminal.” “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. Colleague Paul Steinhauser confirms GOP TX Sen Ted Cruz traveled to Cancun amid the TX storm/power outages.
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