Ted Cruz blames widely condemned Cancun vacation on his daughters

[DonViejo]

Travis Gettys
February 18, 2021

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) admitted his widely condemned Cancun vacation was booked after the power went out in Texas.

The Texas Republican was photographed on board a flight to the Mexican tourist destination late Wednesday, as millions remain without power in unusually cold weather across the state he was elected to represent, and flew home the following morning after facing widespread criticism for the trip -- which a source close to the senator initially claimed was "long-planned."

"Like millions of Texans our family lost heat and power too," Cruz said Thursday afternoon in a statement.

"With school cancelled for the week, our girls asked to take a trip with friends," the senator added. "Wanting to be a good dad, I flew down with them last night and am flying back this afternoon."

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Link to tweet

https://www.rawstory.com/ted-cruz-texas/

[Blue Owl]

1. Oooh now Ted has human shields... young, innocent human shields...

[Hugin]

4. His own kids.

You've got to admit he learned from the worst.

[Wicked Blue]

2. ...

[Hugin]

3. Quit digging, Rafael.

It only gets worse with the cover-up.

[Aviation Pro]

5. Throwing your spawn under a bus....

....is never a good look, Canadian Cruz.

[Lancero]

6. The party of 'personal responsibility' blaming kids?

I'm not surprised.

[intheozone]

7. He had a pretty big suitcase for an overnight trip, hmmmmm! nt

[madaboutharry]

8. Only a lowlife throughs his own minor children under the bus.

He is such a pig.

[RockRaven]

9. He's such a spineless pathetic piece of shit.

Totally empty as a person.

[BusyBeingBest]

10. Lying shitbag.

[Irish_Dem]

11. His kids are only 10 and 12 yrs old. They think nothing of flying to Cancun

to be with their friends?

[BusyBeingBest]

24. "Daddy, CANCUN... NOW!!!"

I couldn't always get my parents to drop me off at the roller skating rink ten minutes away at that age.

[Irish_Dem]

25. When I was a child, parents catering to their kids had not been invented yet.

We didn't get driven around anywhere.

And my 10 yr old daughter did not even know what Cancun was....

[BusyBeingBest]

26. Exactly. His kids might be spoiled, but Cancun to get away

from the cold sounds like an adults' idea. When I was ten, cold and snow were fun.

[Irish_Dem]

27. Right, the 10 yr wanting to go to Cancun to see friends doesn't make sense.

[meadowlander]

29. And what 12 year old doesn't insist on Dad hanging around when they're with their friends.

[dixiegrrrrl]

31. What dad wants to hang around a giggling group of girls?

Hmmmmmmmmm

[imanamerican63]

12. Right!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Teddy “Creeping” Cruz playing chaperone super dad? Give m a break!

[LakeArenal]

13. Rec only for more people to know.

Hate to rec anything about certain people(?).

[MoonchildCA]

14. Mmm, okay Ted.

And when was your return ticket booked? Same day, me thinks.

[FakeNoose]

15. Is it this daughter?

Kids! Can't live with 'em, can 't kill 'em.

[dalton99a]

18. +1

[mcar]

16. He's lying - and throwing his own kids under the bus

His itinerary showed him returning on Saturday. Plus, he had a large rolling suitcase at the airport yesterday. That's a lot for an overnight.

[qazplm135]

23. it takes a lot of product to maintain his human skin

there's a lot of lizard scale to cover.

[Initech]

17. Classy!!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

19. He's from the party of personal responsibility

[Midnightwalk]

20. He left them in Cancun alone?

No, probably his wife stayed down there with them. He didn’t even sit with his family in the plane.

It’s an obvious lie.

[lettucebe]

21. What a lying sack of shit, and blaming his daughters?

Unless he went with no luggage, maybe then I'll buy the story, but why would they need him as an escort? This is ridiculous.

[Tanuki]

22. His wife was on the trip as well. Surely she was capable of taking the kids

without his assistance and supervision. After all, she has an MBA from Harvard, another Master's degree from a European university, and is or was a senior professional at Goldman-Sachs. I think she could manage a short flight like that. Ted's "explanation" doesn't address his callous flaunting of wealth and privilege and his indifference to the misery and real danger many of his constituents are experiencing.

[UTUSN]

28. Rafael Carnival - always standing up I mean throwing family under the bus!

[UpInArms]

30. If your children are demanding brats

You are responsible for the bad brattish behavior. No is an option.

[Autumn]

32. Why was his wife with him? Was she wearing a "I really don't care do U?" jacket?

[Solly Mack]

33. Liar

[tanyev]

34. D'oh! Why didn't all the people in shelters with their children think of doing that?

[11 Bravo]

35. Did he say "my daughters", or "my UGLY daughters"?

Rumor has it that Trump finds Cruz's kids unattractive, so surely Rafael will hop onboard with that!

[Ilsa]

36. Per the Twitter thread, his staff said the trip had been planned for months

and the tickets were nonrefundable.

If Cruz's mouth is moving, he's lying.

[sarcasmo]

37. My daughters made us take this vacation during the power outage. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Behind the Aegis]

38. Actually, I see this as blaming his wife.

Though he specifically mentions his daughters, his wife was on the flight, so was she unable to escort their daughters? He states in a way that tries to make him look like a good father, but, IMO, it casts his wife as an incompetent parent unable to properly escort their daughters without the help of their magnificent father. I think I just threw up in my mouth a little!