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‘Wanted to Be a Good Dad’: Ted Cruz Responds to Criticism He Traveled to Cancun Amid Texas Power Crisis
The Epoch Times ^ | 2/18/21 | Jack Phillips

Posted on 02/18/2021 3:01:21 PM PST by Bearshouse

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) responded to allegations that he flew to Cancun, Mexico, in the midst of record cold temperatures and snowfall in Texas—which has been besieged by power outages over the past several days.

Cruz appeared to confirm that he went to Cancun, saying that “with school canceled for the week, our girls asked to take a trip with friends. Wanting to be a good dad, I flew down with them last night and am flying back this afternoon.”

“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 in a statement on Thursday, referring to the power outages and, in some cases, loss of water.


TOPICS: Front Page News; Miscellaneous; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: crisis; cruz; flyinted; gooddad; gooddaddy; lousyleader; mexico; nevercruzers; oldnews; tedcruz; texas; winterstorm
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To: Bearshouse
Some Democrats said Cruz should resign from office.

What hypocrites!

Where were they when newsome was out having dinner with friends for a celebration while locking down the rest of the state?

Or pelosi is out having her hair done?

Or that governor who ordered shelter in place and then his wife and kids went and flew to another state for a private family vacation?

The examples are endless of democrat hypocrisy.

Who in that state in the midst of the power outage didn’t go somewhere else if they could?

321 posted on 02/19/2021 4:52:15 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: BiglyCommentary
RE #17, that's a good one.

Cruz is going to have any real involvement in this for a few months at the minimum, if any at all.

322 posted on 02/19/2021 6:17:11 PM PST by Widget Jr
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To: moovova

Not a single person died because he went to Cancun. But I agree with you. It’s about optics, especially for Republicans and conservatives. The sooner our side accepts that optics are important the less damage our side will self inflict.


323 posted on 02/19/2021 7:46:49 PM PST by xkaydet65 ( )
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To: Bearshouse
So what was John Cornyn doing while Ted Cruz was staying toasty in Cancun (for a day)? Did anyone ask what Beto was doing to help out the folks? This is typical piling on by Democrats to take the attention away from the Harris/Biden administration's multiple failings. Cruz shouldn't apologize - he didn't do anything wrong. Sounds like a few jealous Texans wish they had the resources to go off somewhere to thaw out. It's Texas! It'll be in the 60's and 70's by mid week.

It's not like he jetted off on a lobbyist's private plane and stayed at an exclusive resort all on their dime. Even Senators get breaks!

324 posted on 02/19/2021 8:12:24 PM PST by boatbums (Lord, make my life a testimony to the value of knowing you.)
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To: Impy

We’ve lost Texas or are close to losing ut.
Rats are pulling the ole Tammany Hall playbook shit, even AOC has managed to garner praise for raising a million bucks
Ted’s pokey to Mexico was the final in this coffin


325 posted on 02/19/2021 8:22:24 PM PST by StoneWall Brigade
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To: boatbums
Did anyone ask what Beto was doing to help out the folks?

Actually, I saw a headline - something like "While Cruz is in Cancun, Beto is handing out supplies" or some such blather. I didn't even bother to read it.

326 posted on 02/19/2021 8:29:10 PM PST by Bearshouse
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To: Paul R.

I quite agree with you.

POTUS always had simple, logical solutions to everything he touched.

I can’t imagine that he would not expeditiously get to the bottom of the finger- pointing, separate the truth from fiction, about what exactly went wrong in Texas, and send disaster funds to help kick off a resolution to the cause(s).

It sounded to me like Gov. Abbott was Red Hot to tick off statutes requiring annual winterization and disaster preparation standards that practically guarantee that Energy needs in Texas won’t be failing the state say time soon.

Trump could swing by Texas and whip that issue all over the state, until it turned into oil, and the people will force that Legislature to get it done. 🤠


327 posted on 02/19/2021 8:41:03 PM PST by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Publik Skules/Academia -> The Farm team, for more Marxists coming. Infinitum.)
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To: Bearshouse
Many here see this as a big deal, fine.

I'm not exercised about it.

The Dems will tie this to him forever, however.

GOPers are always held to a much higher standard.

328 posted on 02/19/2021 8:58:38 PM PST by Seaplaner
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To: StoneWall Brigade

Nonsense. Texans aren’t going to suddenly vote for queers and steers because Cruz went to Cancun 2 years before his re-election campaign.


329 posted on 02/19/2021 9:03:29 PM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

Didn’t say Cruz’s trip was the sole reason I said it was the final nail in the coffin from the Texas Republicans whom bumbled all of this Texas was already trending purple now its blue the Democrats outsmarted them with ole Tammany trickery .


330 posted on 02/20/2021 12:00:22 AM PST by StoneWall Brigade
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To: DoughtyOne

I find it fascinating that a lot of conservatives are buying into the hole media crisis around a storm. Cruz failed.. There are numerous times in the Northeast there are people without power for weeks. Texas needs to find its collective ball sack and quit trying to blame Ted for failed policies, choices and mother nature doing what it does..


331 posted on 02/20/2021 1:33:34 AM PST by Article10 (Roger That)
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To: heavy metal
what would anyone here have done differently if they were in this situation?...

If I was Cruz I'd send an aide or bodyguard to Cancun with the family and stay in TX & be visible so as not to give the Dems an easy target.

332 posted on 02/20/2021 2:03:58 AM PST by Paul R. (You know your pullets are dumb if they don't recognize a half Whopper as food!)
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To: Article10

At least half of votes cast are based on emotion and appearances, not logic.


333 posted on 02/20/2021 2:06:55 AM PST by Paul R. (You know your pullets are dumb if they don't recognize a half Whopper as food!)
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To: Paul R.

what if aides and bodyguards had their own families to take care of as well?...


334 posted on 02/20/2021 2:19:03 AM PST by heavy metal (covid covid covid is the new russia russia russia...)
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To: HollyB

OK, what did you want Ted Cruz to do?


335 posted on 02/20/2021 3:02:42 AM PST by Segovia
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To: Impy

I had to go to the end of this thread to find a post that reflects reality. Who the hell turned this board over to the damned liberals?


336 posted on 02/20/2021 3:09:25 AM PST by Segovia
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To: Seruzawa
This has nothing to do with the thread beyond an attempt to divert attention from this created non-story that closet lefties are using to deflect attention from the evil Biden Adminstration.

This is exactly right. What was the issue(s)/criticism with Biden or his Administration just before this article appeared? Does anyone remember? This is what THEY (liberals and MSM) do very well.

337 posted on 02/20/2021 3:58:10 AM PST by beachn4fun (We come to it, at last. The great battle of our time. – Gandalf)
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To: Bearshouse

Difficult to watch, as one must also endure the pompous nature and sheer rudeness of Donahue.
I forgot what an unadulterated ass Donahue was...and at the time I was too young, self absorbed and uninformed to realize. So grateful I eventually “woke up” (God now you can’t even use THAT phrase w/o sounding like a lib)
Thank you for posting this most joyful video....joyful because we get to see the Master tame one of the nastiest “commentators “ and expose the left to their smug, condescending faces live and in person. God I miss him.


338 posted on 02/20/2021 4:28:13 AM PST by connyankee (#covfefe lives!)
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To: unixfox
AOC raises $2M for Texas relief.

Ted gave his next dem opponent plenty of ammo.

339 posted on 02/20/2021 5:42:22 AM PST by Boston Blackie (All hail China Joe & the Lying Ho.)
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To: dsrtsage

Exactly. Piling on in this case is sour grapes. I was thinking about my state and concluded that a U.S. senator staying home during a disaster makes no difference at all. Now a STATE senator is different, in case there needs to be am emergency session or some such, he/she needs to stay home.


340 posted on 02/20/2021 6:20:13 AM PST by madison10 (My heart hurts. Rest in peace, Rush.)
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