WHAT WE KNOW:
(Fox News) Sen. Ted Cruz flew to Cancun, Mexico, with his family this week as Texas dealt with a winter storm that as of Thursday still has left 500,000 without power, Fox News has confirmed.
Ted Cruz fleeing Texas to Cancún while 60% of the people has no access to electricity and running water! @ProjectLincoln pic.twitter.com/LnyulqaTu0
— Mauricio (@catchupwithit) February 18, 2021
HEADLINES:
• Ted Cruz flew to Cancun with family amid Texas power crisis: source
• Sen. Ted Cruz comes under fire after photos purportedly show him traveling to Cancún as Texans freeze
• Texas Democrats call for Sen. Ted Cruz to resign after unverified photos purportedly show him traveling to Cancun
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GO DEEPER:
🚨BREAKING: not only did @tedcruz flee to Cancun as Texans froze to death — his staff asked The Houston Police Department (which as you can imagine is just slightly busy during this storm crisis) to assist Cruz in his arrival and movements through Houston's international airport.
— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) February 18, 2021
The Houston Police Department confirmed to reporters that Cruz’s staff contacted them on Wednesday afternoon to assist him in his arrival and movements through Houston’s international airport.
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
UPDATE:
Ted Cruz releases a statement on his actions:
I don’t see the problem. What’s the point of STAYING in a 0* place that doesn’t/won’t have power, water, phones, and internet for a week and a half if you don’t HAVE to? TONNNS of families fled to safer places— ESPECIALLY ones with kids. Besides, he said, it was for his KIDS to go WITH SOMEONE ELSE to Cancun. Cruz simply got his kids to and from the airport. DUH!🙄😆
Need to know his daughter’s ages sometimes you can’t avoid dad being their knight in shining armor