Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

hatrack

(59,442 posts)
Fri Feb 19, 2021, 09:04 AM Feb 2021

It Gets Even Better - Ted And Heidi Left Their Dog Behind In Their "FREEZING" House

The dog's name? "Snowflake"?



EDIT

The Cancun affair: Cruz vowed to do “everything we can to get the power turned on in Texas and to make sure that this never happens again,” but he spent more time cleaning up the public relations disaster caused by the trip, appearing last night in an interview with Fox News. “I had initially planned to stay through the weekend,” Cruz admitted during the interview.

“Nobody likes Ted Cruz. This was the place that Ted Cruz was starting from earlier this week. Then he went to Cancun. He went to Cancun, where it is mostly sunny and in the low 80s, while many of his ice-blasted constituents were without heating and plumbing, watching their ceilings collapse, huddling in warming centers, defecating in buckets, and generally not packing for a few days on the Yucatán Peninsula,” our colleague Dan Zak writes.

The scandal broke wide open after neighbors leaked group chats showing Heidi Cruz's vacation planning: “Further, Reform Austin has acquired text messages from a neighborhood group chat in River Oaks, the exclusive neighborhood where Cruz lives when he is in Houston,” Reform Austin's staff reported. “In the messages, shared on the condition of anonymity to protect the identities of other chat members, Heidi Cruz, the wife of Ted Cruz, is apparently complaining to neighbors about the freezing cold temperatures in her home on Monday night, and asking them if they wanted to join them in their trip to sunny Cancun.”

And “Snowflake,” the Cruz family's poodle, was apparently left home.

EDIT

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/19/power-up-texas-republicans-led-by-cruz-taking-heat-deep-freeze-batters-state/

18 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies

jimfields33

(15,471 posts)
1. I just thought of something
Fri Feb 19, 2021, 09:27 AM
Feb 2021

They need a pet protective agency like they do for children. Judges should have the ability to take animals who are not taken care of properly. Cruz family at least would get a visit from them to see if the dogs cared for.

UpInArms

(51,252 posts)
2. That is despicable
Fri Feb 19, 2021, 09:36 AM
Feb 2021

I treat my horses better ... and they live outside ...

All of them are wearing heavy winter turnout coats ... and I pick the ice blocks from their hooves twice daily ... they are on extra rations of sweet feed and have a big bale of hay, as well as having a shelter ...

Who would abandon their pet to freeze?

yardwork

(61,418 posts)
3. She posted their plans on the neighborhood group chat?!
Fri Feb 19, 2021, 09:40 AM
Feb 2021

This shows what an entitled bubble they live in. Never occurred to Heidi that this might look bad?

moose65

(3,164 posts)
4. That's what gets me too
Fri Feb 19, 2021, 10:09 AM
Feb 2021

These Republicans are supposedly intelligent people. Don't they take 5 minutes to even think about how their actions will be perceived? Like it or not, being a politician has certain responsibilities, one of which is to not look like a total asshole in the middle of an emergency.

tanyev

(42,360 posts)
9. At the very least Heidi could have taken the girls to Cancun by herself
Fri Feb 19, 2021, 10:30 AM
Feb 2021

leaving Ted to suck it up and pretend like he cared about helping his constituents.

Oneironaut

(5,461 posts)
12. Imagine all those rich, white neighbors fighting over who can kiss the Cruzs' ass the most.
Fri Feb 19, 2021, 11:02 AM
Feb 2021

That group must be a never ending barrage of ego stroking and brown nose comments to get the king and queen to acknowledge them. They would be the type to relish in people falling over to kiss their asses.

Oneironaut

(5,461 posts)
18. LOL
Fri Feb 19, 2021, 07:21 PM
Feb 2021

“It’s cute that all you little lovelies believe that you’re the same as Ted and I. Here are some head-pats, my dear commoners.”

Liberal In Texas

(13,453 posts)
8. There's a report he asked his security detail to look after the dog.
Fri Feb 19, 2021, 10:24 AM
Feb 2021

Heard it on Steph's show. No other attribution.

tanyev

(42,360 posts)
11. I saw that too, but it just occurred to me--if he's got a security detail,
Fri Feb 19, 2021, 10:56 AM
Feb 2021

couldn't they have met him at the airport? You know, to protect Fleddy Cruz from the angry soshalist mobs he was expecting. Why did his staff contact HPD, who surely had their hands full with actual emergencies?

marlakay

(11,370 posts)
17. Just to feed and let out to bathroom
Fri Feb 19, 2021, 03:37 PM
Feb 2021

No care of temp or the fact that dogs are not like cats, you have to get dog sitter to leave them for extended period of time.

TheBlackAdder

(28,075 posts)
10. Is that like a Triple Entendre or something? Small & white; Lives long in Texas; Named after Ted
Fri Feb 19, 2021, 10:34 AM
Feb 2021

.

The 'Lives long in Texas' would be a play on what a snowflake is.

.

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»It Gets Even Better - Ted...