Ted Cruz (R-TX) checks in for a flight at Cancun International Airport after a backlash over his Mexican family vacation as his home state of Texas endured a Winter storm on Februin Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
Some pointed to one of Cruz's tweets from December in which he berated the mayor of Austin for flying to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, in early November while encouraging city residents to stay at home during the coronavirus pandemic.Sen. He also said some neighborhood kids were at his home running around and playing with his children on Tuesday because their houses had lost power while his house was "lucky" that it didn't lose power. "Keep your family safe, and just stay home and hug your kids," Cruz said.
He said the storm was "dangerous" and that people should not risk their lives venturing outside. The senator said a meteorologist had told him that the combination of two winter storms "could see up to 100 people lose their lives this week in Texas." Speaking on The Joe Pags Show on Tuesday, Cruz urged Texas residents to stay at home and "hug your kids" during the winter storm. Residents have warmed themselves by using their stoves, candles, barbecue grills, generators, and vehicles, leading to cases of carbon monoxide poisoning. Food supplies are running out, and frozen bodies have been discovered on sidewalks and roadways in the state. The deaths of at least 10 people have been connected to the frigid temperatures in Texas, which largely runs its own electrical grid that had not been adequately weather-proofed to operate in drastic weather conditions.Īt least 7 million Texans have been ordered to boil tap water before drinking it because of frozen and damaged pipes and low water pressure. For days, Texans have been without electricity and struggling to access food and water and stay warm amid freezing temperatures.īeto O'Rourke, the former El Paso lawmaker and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, blamed Republican leaders like Cruz for the state's power crisis, telling MSNBC on Thursday that the senator "is vacationing in Cancún right now when people are literally freezing to death in the state that he was elected to represent and serve." The senator's departure to Cancún for a family vacation prompted widespread outrage. Photos showed Cruz flying back to Houston on Thursday. Our homes are freezing and our lights are out." "We have food lines, gas lines, and people sleeping at the neighbors’ houses. "The greatest state in the greatest country in the world has been without power," Cruz said in his statement.
In a radio interview on Tuesday, Cruz said that his house was "lucky" that it hadn't lost power like some of their neighbors' homes. He said that it had been "an infuriating week for Texans" and that "like millions of Texans, our family lost heat and power too." "My staff and I are in constant communication with state and local leaders to get to the bottom of what happened in Texas," he said. "Wanting to be a good dad, I flew down with them last night and am flying back this afternoon," Cruz said. In a statement to BuzzFeed News on Thursday afternoon, Cruz said that his daughters wanted to take a trip with their friends after school was canceled for the week. Ted Cruz flew with his family to Cancún, Mexico, while millions of people in his state suffered without power and water during a freezing winter storm.
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