Gloves are off, Cruz really pissed me off now...left his dog behind when he left town

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We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals. ...


Ted Cruz left a freezing Texas to head to Cancun, Mexico, reportedly leaving behind his dog, Snowflake. Reporter Michael Hardy discovered the small white dog peering from behind the glass front door when he went to Cruz's River Oaks home in Houston, Texas.
But the allegation that he left his dog behind has angered people even further, like one Twitter user who said: ''Never thought I could dislike Ted Cruz more than I already did...until he left his dog #Snowflake home to freeze to death," in a tweet that has been liked 1,600 times.

In response to the news story, someone created a Twitter account with the handle @TedCruzPoodle. Their bio reads: "Hi! I'm Ted Cruz's poodle, Snowflake, living my best life while Texas freezes over and my a-hole dad is in Cancun. #Justice4Snowflake #TedFled"

Another account with the handle @TheCruzDog emerged and said: "Ted invited himself on the Cancun trip. Everyone was all, 'Uh, sure Ted, whatevs.'" The bio of @TheCruzDog's Twitter page reads: "My captor's code name is: Rafael," referring to Cruz's first name.

https://www.newsweek.com/ted-cruz-leaving-his-dog-snowflake-behind-texas-prompts-anger-jokes-1570497

[LizBeth]

1. The dog was being taken care of. I do not see the outrage. I do want to know what Cruz is doing for

Texans now he came back into town, other then sitting in his house alone.

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2. Outrage? No power in the house, dog freezing all alone. There it is.

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3. Leaving a little pup all alone in a dark, freezing house, even with a security guard allegedly

feeding her? Seriously? How long before her water bowl freezes over?

Look at that trusting little soul waiting for her family.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Exactly. The fact that she was (apparently) being fed and let out

by the security guard isn't good enough; the poor thing was left all alone in an unheated house. I don't think it was cold enough for the water bowl to freeze but it's been close to freezing in Houston - mid 30s - since Wednesday. That's much too cold for a little dog like that.

[LizBeth]

9. My son was three days without heat in San Marcos and not a body of fur. I take my dog to a

excellent doggie hotel, but he would prefer to stay home and someone come in and take care of him. I do not have anyone to, so he goes to a hotel. (Now. I hardly leave so that happened only once in his life otherwise with me 24/7. But some day I might take a vacation without him). I do not see the same outrage. If I had someone to doggie sit, I would do that. Actually, I have recently seen people that do that. But no, I do not think this is abuse.

I feel as bad when I leave my dog for 9 hours to go to work. Before i lost my job a year ago.

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11. I have been posting about the human suffering for days, but that wasn't the issue. It just

underlines what a selfish, despicable excuse for a human being he is. That dog was originally going to be left alone for almost 5 days with no guarantees of when power would be restored. I can feel compassion for humans and animals at the same time.

[LizBeth]

12. As can I. One of my greatest joy is all the videos of animals you put up that are pure love or care.

[cwydro]

16. This.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

14. That doesn't look freezing.

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15. According to The Weather Channel stats, it was 33F at the time the pic was taken.

A whole 1F above freezing. Woo hoo!

Edited to add: It had been between 16F & 18F overnight. The house was freezing.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

18. It didn't snow at his house?

[Loki Liesmith]

19. Was the house freezing though?

I’ve got friends in Texas who were without power for several days. Their houses got to 45 degrees F.

[LizBeth]

22. I never have heat at night while sleeping. Never. Ever. It gets down to 20', 30' even lower.

The lowest I have woken to in the house is 58. Mostly it will sit at 60, 61. I get hot easily so most of the day I have heat off and only put on when it gets to low 60's. Because it is cold outside does not make the inside as cold. I was not being cruel freezing a dog out. I felt I was merely being pragmatic. I know a lot of people in my dog loving area would have issues with this and I am totally with them their concern.

[lunatica]

25. The photo shows they covered the outdoor shrubs

But the dogs is left without heat. Grrr!

Little dogs also don’t have much fat on them so they have much less protection from the cold. That’s one reason little dogs shiver so much. They aren’t nervous. They’re cold.

[mrs_p]

4. Wouldn't it be something if Snowflake

Is his undoing??

Not his support of racist policies
Not his participation in an insurrection
Not being a coward and a generally all around horrible person

[Blue Owl]

6. I think Romney's crate-on-the-car-roof delivered a blow to his overall likability

Sure there's always gonna be the depraved end of the spectrum, but anyone on the fence got a real look that day...

[mrs_p]

13. I think you are right

Just when I think he may be a reasonable republican, I remember Seamus. His ordeal was truly horrible.

Little Snowflake would probably survive the temps in the house and was at least getting food and water.

Poor Seamus was scared to death and ended up with diarrhea. I’m surprised he didn’t have a cardiac event, honestly.

[Midnight Writer]

5. Ted screwed the pooch this time.

[Raster]

8. Jezzums, let's hope not.

Pass the mind bleach!

[txwhitedove]

10. I was angry too, til just now reading home is in River Oaks, creme de la creme, likely

with security and generator. Sorry. Cruz is lying scum, but don't think little snowflake would have frozen.

[aikoaiko]

17. Tell Ted, I want him to know. It was me.

Link to tweet

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[underpants]

20. Imagine the odds for this dog

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[tenderfoot]

21. Hi. I just stopped in to read the comments defending Cruz

Not one surprise to be seen.

[Kingofalldems]

24. Oh yeah!

[Sneederbunk]

23. Dog prefers St. Croix.