Ted Cruz‘s vacation can’t have been very relaxing.
One day after landing in Cancún, Mexico with his family, the Texas senator is reportedly set to fly back to Houston. The quick turnaround could have something to do with the level of outrage sparked by his last-minute getaway, escaping to warmer climes as his constituents, millions of whom are still without power and heat, fight for their lives through a winter storm of biblical proportions.
On Wednesday night, photos taken earlier in the day of Cruz and his family preparing to board a flight bound for the resort destination began making the rounds:
Just confirmed @SenTedCruz and his family flew to Cancun tonight for a few days at a resort they've visited before. Cruz seems to believe there isn't much for him to do in Texas for the millions of fellow Texans who remain without electricity/water and are literally freezing. pic.twitter.com/6nPiVWtdxe
— David Shuster (@DavidShuster) February 18, 2021
These were taken at 4:10p today, per this screenshot. The flight was at 4:45p, coming out of Houston. pic.twitter.com/EWA5iBiUm1
— Keith Edwards (@keithedwards) February 18, 2021
It was later reported that Cruz requested a police through the Houston airport, perhaps to avoid hearing comments like these:
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Imagine being a “public servant” and knowing how blindly loyal to partisanship your base was, that it gave you the absolute BALLS OF STEEL to take your family to CANCUN while your entire State was in a literally State of Emergency?! “Don’t Tread On Me”. Lol.
Yeah right.#TedCruz— Robbie Daymond (@robbiedaymond) February 18, 2021
People are freezing to death on the streets of Texas. Ted Cruz is in Cancun.
Could he make how he feels about regular people any more obvious?
— Gravel Institute (@GravelInstitute) February 18, 2021
Ted Cruz also unapologetically incited an insurrection
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) February 18, 2021
According to Punch Bowl’s Jake Sherman, there’s now a “Cruz, R” listed on a standby list for a business class upgrade on a Thursday flight from Cancun to Houston. For the record, Ted’s full name is Rafael Edward Cruz.
Here’s the upgrade list for this afternoon’s flight from Cancun to Houston.
Looks like ?@tedcruz? is on his way back, ?@danpfeiffer?. He’s just narrowly missing the upgrade list
That’s assuming that “cru, r” is him. And I do. pic.twitter.com/CqfKa5rJfG
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) February 18, 2021
He’s going to need the extra room in business class to accommodate that tail between his legs.
The state Democratic Party has called on Cruz to resign, tweeting, “Texans are dying and you’re on a flight to Cancun. #TedCruzRESIGN.”
Earlier this week, Cruz made headlines when he admitted he had “no defense” for a tweet mocking victims of natural disasters.
KyleMichelSullivan
He is the epitome of vile.
Kangol2
Rafael “Ted” is going from bad to worse on the 2021 #FAIL scale.
Also, he apparently is blaming his “daughters” for this tactless step. Once a coward, always a coward.
Mark
God forbid he teaches his children about sacrifice. His as a “public servant”, if nothing else.
Essie
I hope Texans remember this when Cruzzie is up for re-election. He is VILE!!
barryaksarben
Coming back right away looks even worse
Kangol2
And it’s a huge waste of energy and environmentally destructive. Rafael “Ted” can’t stop #FAILing.
rockland2u
And why isn’t he on the TEXAS based carrier American, which is one of the largest employers IN Texas? Uggh so many things wrong with him don’t know where to start
Cam
Republicans are trying to lie now and claiming Ted always meant to come right home and he was just escorting his family there.
Except they can’t explain the HUGE suitcase he was carrying. Not the sort of thing you would bring if you’re only staying a day.
woodroad34
He didn’t need to go to Cancun–they have enough whales to watch down there. He could have stayed in Texas, done some exercise and kept warm–maybe melting some (or ALOT, given that paunch and hunchback) ice along the way; avoiding all this nonsense…but–no…he’s not that smart.
TheAbsoluteTRUTH
Who cares what’s he gonna do? Propose a bill to end winter, jeez u Queens will find anything to bitch about if it was your hero AOC it’d be whats the problem she needed a break after jan 6th I guarantee it
Metro135
Here’s what AOC happened to tweet a few hours ago jackass:
Team AOC is launching relief efforts for Texas starting today.
Our first effort is a partnership w/ 5 Texas orgs getting on-the-ground relief to Texans ASAP.
If you’re able, please donate here – it’ll split your contribution to all 5.
?% goes to them.
mailliw110
Is he too important to even shovel some old ladies sidewalk?
Cam
The right wing troll under one of it’s many screenames tries to deflect from the failure of any Republican.
You must be busy considering all the failures the GOP is responsible for.
amanwithanedge
hope this is the end of his career.
cuteguy
Should anyone really be surprised at this point? If Texas continues to vote this sick m0ron into office then they deserve what happens to them. I’m from Florida and I wouldn’t be surprised if the same happened here bc of the trifecta of Marco Rubio/Rick Scott/Ron Desantis, the trifecta of $hit we have here. We allow the progressives nominate a loser like Andrew Gollum to represent us when we should’ve had Charlie Crist.
hansniemeijer
A bit like the king of the Netherlands. Some time ago (late 2020) the government asked EVERYBODY to stay in the country, due to covid-19. He went to Greece and came back within 24 hours after a lot of negative media attention. Kings and senators can be covidiots ….
masterwill7
Hahaha exactly, I had a dejavu too! 😉 But this is even worse!!!
BaltoSteve
So does this mean that he does understand why someone would flee across a country’s border to escape dangerous living conditions? Huh… Who would have thunk it.
Cam
Republicans care about lining their pockets and funneling money to their donors. They don’t care about their voters.
Rio
Plus, to make matters worse, he left the family dog “Snowflake” alone in their freezing house while they were on their way to Cancun. #FledCruz