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Judi Lynn

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Thu Feb 18, 2021, 11:58 PM Feb 2021

Ted Cruz Abandons Millions of Freezing Texans and His Poodle, Snowflake

8:08 P.M.

By Michael Hardy

After jaunting off to Cancún with his family Wednesday night, Senator Ted Cruz explained that he was merely escorting his teenage girls on a vacation trip with their friends. In an apparent bid for sympathy, he noted that, like millions of other Texans, “our family lost heat and water.” Cynics immediately cast doubt on this claim, so this afternoon I decided to check out the senator’s power situation for myself. Supplied with Cruz’s address by a knowledgeable friend, I drove the fifteen minutes from my Houston apartment to the uber-rich River Oaks neighborhood where Cruz lives.

From the street, Cruz’s white, Colonial Revival-style mansion looked dark and uninhabited. A neighbor informed me that the block had indeed lost power before finally getting it back late Wednesday night. A glance at the lighted lanterns flanking the doorways of other homes on the block confirmed this. The senator’s story appeared to check out. But then I heard barking and noticed a small, white dog looking out the bottom right pane of glass in the senator’s front door. Had Cruz left his dog behind?

As I approached to knock, a man stepped out of the Suburban parked in Cruz’s driveway. “Is this Senator Cruz’s house?” I asked. He said it was, that Cruz wasn’t home, and identified himself as a security guard. When asked who was taking care of the dog, the guard volunteered that he was. Reassured of the dog’s well-being, I returned to my car. Before leaving, though, I took a photo of the house from my car window, making sure not to include the house address.

A 2014 Facebook post by Cruz, apparently showing a picture of the dog, identifies it as a rescue puppy named, aptly enough, Snowflake (gender unknown). Some on Twitter have questioned whether the dog is in fact a poodle, suggesting alternative breeds such as a Bichon Frise. I couldn’t get close enough to tell, and I’m no canine expert, but “Ted Cruz’s poodle” just sounds funny.

More:
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/02/ted-cruz-flees-texas-for-cancun-ditches-family-poodle.html

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Ted Cruz Abandons Millions of Freezing Texans and His Poodle, Snowflake (Original Post) Judi Lynn Feb 2021 OP
The poodle situation really pisses me off. bamagal62 Feb 2021 #1
I'm sure he contemplated strapping a kennel to the car roof Blue Owl Feb 2021 #2
The dog looks like a darling Bichon Frise. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #3
I kind of thought that Ted Cruz was Trump's poodle. NNadir Feb 2021 #4
Cruz denies visit to Cancun BlueWavePsych Feb 2021 #5

NNadir

(33,368 posts)
4. I kind of thought that Ted Cruz was Trump's poodle.
Fri Feb 19, 2021, 01:12 PM
Feb 2021

I get my poodles mixed up.

Where's Tony Blair when you need him?

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