Cruz could not say the words "take care of Texans". He had to say "fighting for the state of Texas".

[applegrove]

It should have been at the tip of his tongue as he was talking about taking care of his family.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/US/sen-ted-cruz-responds-media-reports-flying-cancun/story%3fid=75973763

"SNIP

"I have to admit, I started having second thoughts almost the moment I sat down on the plane," Cruz said. "On the one hand, all of us who are parents have a responsibility to take care of our kids. ... But I also have a responsibility that I take very seriously of fighting for the state of Texas."

Sen. Ted Cruz speaks with reporters outside his home in Texas after returning from a trip to Cancun, Mexico, Feb. 18, 2021.KTRK

"I understand why people are upset," he later said, adding he found some of the criticism "unfortunate." "My intention was to take care of my family."

....SNIP"

He later said more human things in the interview.

[Skittles]

1. fucking asshole

he started having "second thoughts" when he was filmed in the airport

[applegrove]

3. Absolutely. He was having multiple photos of himself taken while he was

on the plane.

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. Hey Ted. You're a LIAR

🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕

[Blue Owl]

4. Tex-Mex Ted

[JI7]

5. fighting who ?

[applegrove]

6. Exactly.

[gratuitous]

7. Goodness me, Senator!

Can you tell us what grave threat to Texas was lurking Cancun that required your personal presence? What were you fighting there for Texas?

[applegrove]

8. It was when he came home that he said it was because he had a responsibility

for fighting for the state of texas.