“We have a number of Republicans who are neighbors, but also a number of Democrats. Text messages Cruz’s wife, Heidi, sent to a group of friends - in which she complained their house was “FREEZING” and invited them to a getaway at the Ritz-Carlton - were leaked to the New York Times.Ĭruz said they don’t know who gave the texts to the media. “I haven’t had this much negative press coverage since Northern California in the 1960s,” Cruz said, alluding to a meme that went viral during his presidential run that claimed Cruz was the Zodiac Killer.Ĭruz has said the Cancún trip was “obviously a mistake,” but that he was trying to be a “good dad” and caved as his daughters asked him to get away from their freezing home, which was without power like much of Houston.īut the firestorm that developed after pictures of him boarding a plane from Houston went viral Thursday wasn’t the only repercussion of his decision to go. Ted Cruz, back in Houston, calls controversial Cancún getaway ‘a mistake’ Cruz has acknowledged that his family vacation to Mexico was "obviously a mistake" as he returned stateside following an uproar over his disappearance during a deadly winter storm. Ted Cruz's home demanding his resignation in Houston. 18, 2021, file photo, demonstrators stand in front of U.S. “It’s a sign of how ridiculously politicized and nasty and just … Just treat each other as human beings, have some degree, some modicum of respect,” Cruz said on an episode of “Ruthless,” a popular conservative podcast published on Tuesday.Ĭruz talked at length about his decision to hit the beach while millions of Texans were left without power or running water for the first time since returning to Houston last week. Ted Cruz has a message for whoever leaked his wife’s text messages about the Cruz family’s trip to Cancún during the Texas freeze. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Justin Sullivan, Staff / Getty Images Show More Show Less Ted Cruz is facing criticism after he left Texas to go to Cancun, Mexico with his family during an unprecedented winter storm that brought freezing temperatures and widespread power outages throughout the state. Ted Cruz (R-TX) sits in a parking lot near Senator Cruz's home on Februin Houston, Texas.
HOUSTON, TEXAS - FEBRUARY 19: A digital billboard truck with an image of U.S. 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. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images Show More Show Less 2 of3 Ted Cruz (R-TX) holds up a phone as Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the third day of her Supreme Court confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Octoin Washington, DC.
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