Cruz defends flying to Cancun amid Texas power outages

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Source: The Hill

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Thursday confirmed he flew to Mexico with family members Wednesday evening, responding for the first time to widespread backlash in his home state that's been battered by a severe winter storm.

Cruz said in a statement shared with The Hill that he accompanied his daughters on a flight to Mexico since they had the week off with school canceled.

“Wanting to be a good dad,” Cruz said, he decided to fly “with them last night and am flying back this afternoon.”

“This has been an infuriating week for Texans,” he said, adding “the greatest state in the greatest country in the world has been without power. We have food lines, gas lines, and people sleeping at the neighbors’ houses. Our homes are freezing and our lights are out.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/539432-cruz-defends-flying-to-cancun-amid-texas-power-outages

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[hlthe2b]

1. He's a big Liar...

Too late. United already confirmed he was originally returning to TX SATURDAY.
He changed it early this morning--having to fly economy in doing so after all hell broke loose with the public exposure.

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[George II]

12. Yes, this whole thing is a lie. It's also been confirmed that going down he requested an upgrade....

....to business class - ONLY him, not his daughters. So I guess he was going to sit up front while his daughters sat in the back?

Not only that, but his wife was traveling with them, too. So if he didn't want them to fly alone, they weren't.

[Rebl2]

40. Yep

Just a big lie all around.

[hibbing]

23. It's what they do best

His response is laughable, but you know, the children, so he will get a pass of course.


Peace

[Dawson Leery]

2. RESIGN SCUMBAG!

[AZ8theist]

3. Defending the indefensible....

What a fucking classless, vile worm....

[leftieNanner]

4. He Blamed His CHILDREN????

Too bad Trumpy couldn't finish his wall. But I don't know if I would have preferred that it keep Cancun Cruz IN or OUT.

[underpants]

6. Yep. Threw the kids under the bus.

There are tons of people posting just that on Twitter. Lots of people with lots of followers.

[Peregrine Took]

8. I KNEW he would do it- put it on either the kids or Heidi

saying they needed a vacation.
I KNEW i!!!

[Paladin]

20. Remember how Cruz was described as a really smart guy?

The dirty bastard hasn't done a smart thing in months. I hope Beto beats him, and beats him hard, next time.

[leftieNanner]

24. At this point, almost anybody could beat him!

The people of Texas deserve someone like Beto in the US Senate. Or as Governor of Texas next year! It's well beyond time for the end of the GOP stranglehold on the Lone Star State.

[Paladin]

26. I wouldn't bet a large amount on that.

A scumbag like Cruz will always motivate a whole shitload of brain-dead conservatives to go to the polls and vote for him. Our best hope is the changing voting base in the big cities. Our next-to-best hope is Cruz continuing to pull dumbass stunts, like blaming his kids for a Cancun vacation while people in Texas freeze to death. We'll see.

[JudyM]

29. Unfortunately we know how long 4 years is.

But yeah, hopefully then.

[Ferrets are Cool]

5. Typical repuq. Always blaming someone else for their failings.

[Miguelito Loveless]

7. So, he is now abandoning his daughters in Mexico?

[leftieNanner]

9. I believe his wife stayed with them.

If I were she, I'd extend that vacay for another few decades.

[Miguelito Loveless]

14. So, long story short

he DID NOT need to "escort" his daughters.

I love how these Christians™ lie.

[leftieNanner]

15. Of course not!

Isn't there one of those pesky Commandments that frowns on that particular thing?

SMDH

[DonaldsRump]

10. That is a really big suitcase for a 24 hour trip, Qanqun Qruz!

Are you really, really sure you're telling the truth?

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[colorado_ufo]

42. Pretty big suitcase

for such a "short trip."

[2naSalit]

11. "... and am flying back this afternoon."

Only because he got caught.

[twodogsbarking]

13. His flight was hijacked

and he saved everyone on board.

[Generic Other]

16. Sounds like Nixon's checkers speech...

"Pat doesn't have a mink coat. But she does have a respectable Republican cloth coat. And I always tell her that she'd look good in anything...

One other thing I probably should tell you...we did get something—a gift—after the election. A man down in Texas heard Pat on the radio mention the fact that our two youngsters would like to have a dog. And, believe it or not, the day before we left on this campaign trip we got a message from Union Station in Baltimore saying they had a package for us. We went down to get it. You know what it was?

It was a little cocker spaniel dog in a crate that he'd sent all the way from Texas. Black and white spotted. And our little girl—Tricia, the 6-year-old—named it Checkers. And you know, the kids, like all kids, love the dog and I just want to say this right now, that regardless of what they say about it, we're gonna keep it."

[George II]

17. "the greatest state in the greatest country in the world has been without power.....

...We have food lines, gas lines, and people sleeping at the neighbors’ houses. Our homes are freezing and our lights are out.”

Shit, I'm going to the beach in Mexico.

[OldBaldy1701E]

45. Yep

Sure sounds like a contender for the greatest state doesn't it?

[RainCaster]

18. Career over family is a Republickan value

Is anybody surprised by his actions?

[Vinca]

19. I'm wondering how Ted thinks this makes him look good. Taken at it's very, very best, it

means Ted is so wealthy it's not a big deal to fly with his adult wife and children to a luxury resort just to keep them company and then fly back to Texas. And he never does explain why a person needs luggage to go drop people off and then come back.

[Jetheels]

39. That luggage he's pulling is no weekend bag either, more like 2 weeks.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

21. When scanning that statement into the "De-bullshitter 3000" it translates as:

"This week has sucked ass and I needed to get the fuck out of this freezing hellhole. I thought I got away with it, but nooooooo. Thanks to you goddamn "interwebs detectives" busted me. Now I need to try and save face by pretending I wasn't gonna chill in rapeland...... errr I mean Mexico..... Any questions.... fuck off..... But if you must, direct them at my spokes-hack Nathan Thurm."

[patricia92243]

22. How old are his girls? If young, they should not be left alone. If older, who wants

their Dad to act as chaperone.

[TexasBushwhacker]

31. 9 and 12

So if they were going with friends for a week, I assume the friends' parents were with them. If they needed a chaperone on the flight, why didn't his wife go? This is bullshit. I bet if he hadn't been caught, he would have stayed the whole week.

[deurbano]

36. His wife was in the photos at the airport so I think she did go, which makes his "explanation"

bullshit, like everything else about him. Plus, he ranted about the Democrats being the party of the rich, coastal elites while sending his own kids-- who aren't even teenagers yet-- to vacation with their friends in Cancun... during a pandemic? Coastal elite parents, like me, need to step up our game! My kids have gotten screwed. The Heartland has passed us by!

[modrepub]

25. Like Most Folks Can Afford to Just Pack Up And Take A Flight to Cancun

Maybe it's much cheaper from TX but it was probably last minute so it would be the luck of the draw I guess. Not that anyone should be traveling during a Pandemic.

So much wrong here. Poor Rafael. Well, at least he was wearing a mask for the most part. Small progress.

I'll still be shocked if TX ever decides to rid themselves of team Red.

[BlueIdaho]

27. No - he's flying back because he got caught.

Otherwise he would have had his office announce his intentions. This lying sack of crap needs to be removed from office.

[JohnnyRingo]

32. That's it too.

I'll bet he was steamed after buying a round trip ticket and reservations. I hope his kids told him they hate him, and his wife didn't talk to him on the flight home. ...to a freakin' disaster area.
This wouldn't have happened in the days before cell phone cams.

hahaha

[BlueIdaho]

33. No kidding...

Big thank you to the citizen journalists walking around with cameras, video recorders, and the ability to post what they find on the fly. Today’s cell phones are a sleazy politicians worst nightmare.

[Yeehah]

28. They must eat a lot of stupid soup in Texas

to vote for a dirtbag like Cruz. Of course, it seems like 30% or so of the USA is just astoundingly stupid.

[JohnnyRingo]

30. He has to get back to blame liberals.

Pisses him off that he got busted. He probably barely had time to catch a donkey show and now he has to zoom home, all because of some rat with a cell phone camera.

hahaha poor guy.

[cstanleytech]

34. He already catches a donkey show every time he looks in a mirror.

Or at least the rear of one.

[JohnnyRingo]

35. Maybe his wife then

google donkey show.

[Escurumbele]

37. That is exactly how I said he would spin his going to Cancun

As a big man that he is he was accompanying his daughters to make sure they would be safe during the flight, but he was intending on coming back right away to "work for the people of the greatest state in the greatest country" because that is what patriots do.

Ok, I didn't say as much, but I did say that he would make the excuse that he was just taking his daughters and coming back right away.

Anyone who believes that, I have a bridge for sale.

[turbinetree]

38. We have food lines, and gas lines, but me and my family have heat and food in Cancun

suckers, see what your tax dollars pay for ............. and yes I am going to throw my little girls under the bus right now along with her friends,...........because that's the way I am...............remember what my hero said about my family and my wife back in day when I running for president ...............

[Oscarthegreat]

41. He is succeeding

Cruz is trying with great success to replace Rush Limbaugh as the worst person in the world.

[George II]

48. Oh how I miss Keith Olbermann and his "Worst Person in the WOOOOORRRLLLLDDDD!"

[colorado_ufo]

43. Gee, Mr. Cruz, I think I need some "mansplainin'!"

" . . . has been without power. We have food lines, gas lines, and people sleeping at the neighbors’ houses. Our homes are freezing and our lights are out.”

Please 'splain me how this makes Texas “the greatest state in the greatest country in the world . . ."

[rpannier]

44. Their mother went with them. He was not needed

I would also add, Sen Cornyn spent the last two days providing updates and information for Texans on where and how to get assistance
Cruz... absent

[bucolic_frolic]

46. Cruz seeks the good life but supported the Wall

It's all about privilege. Republican privilege.

[Evolve Dammit]

47. Bob and weave. Sit and Spin. Shake and Bake. Whirl while we hurl. Dipshit.