Posted on 02/19/2021 12:14:57 AM PST by Helicondelta
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) admitted Thursday that he had planned on spending longer than he did in Cancún, in a spur-of-the-moment trip his wife tried to recruit friends and neighbors to join that was motivated by Texas’ frigid temperatures, according to texts obtained by the New York Times, following widespread outrage over a vacation Cruz initially claimed was driven by his daughters and their friends.
The senator’s wife, Heidi Cruz, tried to recruit friends for the trip on Wednesday and noted their house was “FREEZING,” the Times reported Thursday, citing texts obtained from a group chat.
She proposed staying at the Ritz-Carlton in Cancún, according to the Times.
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This got close to an EMP attack level. Probably way closer than anyone would admit. Utilities in TX are going to skyrocket no matter what. And the water threat from pipes isn’t over for a few more days.
Cuomo publicly signaled over and over that he cared about the elderly that died. It is very bizarre for you to want such a caring person to go to prison.
Texas folks will deal with this just like they do with hurricanes....every year. Either you hunker down or get out of town.
Sort of like all the Dem govs and Speaker of the House breaking covid rules, huh?
‘Even more amazing is how often these propaganda articles are being posted here on FR so they can sit back and watch the doggy pile.’
indeed; we should only post majority opinion stuff on here so that posters can be nice to one another...
Ted took a vacation or Cuomo killed some seniors, which shall the media fixate on??!! I wonder.
Nobody’s saying that either.
Sounds like you and others want a whole lot of ‘cancelin’ going on.
‘What exactly is Cruz’ offense here?’
how about this...? giving a rabid anti-republican media ammo to use so they’re allowed to stand down from the disaster stories of Cuomo and Newsome...
he had to know this was going to come back to bite him, and do the dems a huge service; if not, he is the blindest boob on earth...
hopefully people learned the lesson to always be prepared for the worse case scenario...
it’s common practice for us in hurricane territory and should be common practice for everyone everywhere because nowadays you just never know what’s going to happen...
I agree. This idea that your life becomes owned by others, and you can’t even take a simple trip. Why would anyone want the headaches of this BS?It’s why we only get the phony, say anything to get power politicians we have leading both parties. Real people that make the country work, just see this and say no thanks - not going to have my life, and the lives of my family members destroyed.
My view of the US now is that it is a worthless and failed country. Let it burn and collapse. Let the people get just what they deserve to get.
Cruz should of put his family up in a Motel 6 in OK if they were cold and wind turbines are not worthless. Texas in all their wisdom never bought the winterized model.
Ted Cruz is being slandered for protecting his family. How could he be so heartless?
He could have protected them at a Motel 6 in OK.
I’ll bet a lot of people chose to temporarily leave cold-bound areas. Happens all the time during hurricanes.
Is leaving the area any worse than owning a generator or otherwise doing preventative things that the ‘po people can’t do?
I was without power, heat and water for 30 hours. If I had kids, I would have gone to Mexico, too...and I don’t even have the frequent flyer miles Ted has.
Its cheap, flights are cheap and the kids would have no school.
This is one of the dumbest, waste of time, fake news, democrat party driven nontroversies of all time.
She needs to get new "friends".
Said it on other threads, this is a fart in the wind for him
Stupid political move on the part of Cruz.....
If he concerned for the family then send them and stay behind.....
You don’t abandon the ship when it’s sinking and the rest of the crew is working to save it......
And still he will think he’s presidential material in 2024.
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