New York Magazine: Ted Cruz Abandons Millions of Freezing Texans and His Poodle, Snowflakeįor most, though, especially Texans like me who have suffered through a week without heat or water in freezing overnight weather, the notion of Cruz leaving his dog behind to hit the beach was all too much - especially the thought of the power being out when they left.Īfter widespread criticism brought Cruz back to Texas, he tweeted out a tone-deaf photo op that was too-little, too-late.īusiness Insider: Ted Cruz is being mocked over photos showing him loading bottles of water into a car as he seeks to rebuild his reputation after the Cancun vacation debacle But a photo of his dog, alone, staring out the door of the Republican senator’s house might be the icing on the cake. Ted Cruz’s jaunt to Cancun while Texans battled catastrophically cold weather that caused massive power and water outages. Huffington Post: People Want Justice For Snowflake, Ted Cruz’s Dog Who Did Not Go To Cancun When a reporter made the trip over to Cruz’s empty and cold house, they found his dog Snowflake, abandoned by Cruz like the rest of the state. Another text read: “Anyone can or want to leave for the week? We may go to Cancun, there is a direct flight at 445pm and hotels with capacity. “Is everyone warm? That's a must! We could all huddle in one house,” she suggested in one text, Business Insider reported. That whole story unraveled when Heidi’s text messages, which show her actively planning a getaway to Cancún with her neighbors, were leaked. Refinery 29: Heidi Cruz Texts Reveal Ted Cruz Planned Cancun Trip “Daughters you help fly to Cancun.”Įxcept his story wasn’t adding up, and his wife’s leaked texts revealed that the vacation was really the adults’ idea. “Fathers be good to your daughters,” one Twitter user wrote. So yeah, Cruz tried to place the blame on his daughters, Caroline and Catherine, which people on Twitter thought was absolutely ridiculous and disgusting. Glamour: Ted Cruz Blamed His Daughters for Trip to Cancún During Texas Storm Crisis Yes, rather than taking responsibility for his decision to leave the country for greener pastures and abscond his duties as an elected official, Cruz on Thursday blamed his daughters, who are 10 and 12, for the whole thing. Vanity Fair: Ted Cruz Blames Cancún Getaway On His Daughters Ted Cruz realized he had massively screwed up, so he tried to do damage control - by blaming his young daughters. And many turned his poor decision into fodder for gags, memes and photo-editing jokes. While millions were without power amid freezing temperatures and many lacked safe drinking water, Cruz took off for Mexico with his family. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is getting dragged across social media and back again after abandoning his home state for a tropical vacation in Cancun in the middle of a massive crisis. Huffington Post: Ted Cruz’s Cancun Crisis Becomes Fodder For Hilarious Memes, Gags & Photoshops Thursday - for the state’s junior senator to apparently realize he had made a horrible mistake.Īfter social media found out that Cruz took a vacation in the middle of a climate disaster, they spent the day ruthlessly dragging him online. Wednesday to when he booked a return flight back to Houston around 6 a.m. But for Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), it took just 10 hours - from when his United plane touched down at Cancún International Airport at 7:52 p.m. Usually, it takes at least one full day in Cancún to do something embarrassing you’ll never live down. Washington Post: One night in Cancun: Ted Cruz’s disastrous decision to go on vacation during Texas storm crisis Ted Cruz is under fire as photos of him in an airport and a plane showing him flying to Cancun during the Arctic blast which has crippled his home state and especially his hometown of Houston, surfaced on Twitter. Houston Chronicle: Senator Ted Cruz accused of flying to Cancun as home state of Texas froze It all started when someone uncovered a photo of Cruz at the Houston airport, fleeing the state while Texans shivered in their homes. Here’s the story of one of the worst decisions Cruz has ever made using a compilation of articles about the incident. Instead, he jetted off to Cancún, Mexico to escape the crisis unfolding in his home state. At a time like that, you would expect a senator to step up, volunteer, and get help for those who need it. Last week, millions of us were without power, heat, and water as our state experienced a disastrous winter storm that has already claimed the lives of dozens of Texans. No matter what crisis Texans are facing, there’s always one constant we can depend on - Senator Ted Cruz will find a way to screw it up even more.
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