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REVEALED: Ted Cruz invited his Princeton roommate to join him on Cancun family vacation 'that his daughters asked for' - as he serves barbecue to first responders back in Texas after returning in disgrace
Daily Mail ^ | PUBLISHED: 10:36 EST, 22 February 2021 | UPDATED: 12:04 EST, 22 Fe | JENNIFER SMITH

Posted on 02/22/2021 10:28:24 AM PST by conservative98

Ted Cruz invited his college roommate from Princeton and Harvard Law to join him and his family on their Cancun vacation, it has been revealed.

The Texas Senator flew to Mexico last Wednesday afternoon with his wife Heidi and their two daughters, aged 10 and 12, while millions in their home state struggled without power, heat and water.

He flew back the next day amid outcry over the trip, and defended it by saying he was just being a 'good dad' and appeasing his 'girls', who'd asked if they could jet somewhere warm while Texas froze.

After planning the trip apparently at the last minute, Cruz also invited his David Panton, his roommate from Princeton and Harvard Law, who lives in Atlanta and works in private equity.

Panton accepted and flew to Cancun, where he also got a room at The Ritz-Carlton, Axios has revealed.

It's unclear when he flew back. Panton grew up in Jamaica before attending college in the US.

He and Cruz graduated from Princeton in 1992 and from Harvard Law in 1995.

It comes after text messages show how Heidi Cruz told neighbors and friends that they were 'escaping' the 'freezing' temperatures.

She asked the others in a group text for women who live on their Houston street if they too could get away.

The family also left behind their poodle, Snowflake.

The trip and his attempts to defend it have been a PR disaster for the Senator.

Since returning last Thursday, Cruz has been working overtime to mend his image and tackle the ongoing crisis in Texas.

Over the weekend, he served barbecue to first responders in Houston to 'thank them' for their work.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: dragnet2

“Must be nice to be able to invite your friends and neighbors to see if if they too want to jet off to some tropical venue at the drop of hat, because the weather sucks.

These people clearly don’t live in the real world.”

What do you think a flight to Cancun from TX and a couple nights at a hotel costs, like $150,000? I wouldn’t be surprised if there are $599 3-night packages commonly available.


41 posted on 02/22/2021 10:52:57 AM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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To: windsorknot

Don’t live in Texas. Is Teddy the only conservative in Texas?


42 posted on 02/22/2021 10:53:36 AM PST by tennmountainman ( Liberals Are Baby Killers.)
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To: conservative98

I’m a Texan and I really don’t give a rip.

Abbot on the other hand is on my fecal list.

Weak sister.

meow meow meow


43 posted on 02/22/2021 10:54:26 AM PST by Irenic
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To: tennmountainman
Don’t live in Texas.

Then you obviously don’t speak for Texans.

44 posted on 02/22/2021 10:55:46 AM PST by windsorknot
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To: BobL

He didn’t help himself? I guess that’s the nice way of saying he was lying his butt off.


45 posted on 02/22/2021 10:56:33 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: SeekAndFind

“ I wonder why the Daily Mail is so obsessed with this piece of news which has little to no national significance, while totally ignoring news like Andrew Cuomo’s criminal neglect of the Covid-19 infected Elderly by putting them in ill-equipped nursing homes ”

Exactly why they are trying to grow legs on this story: to disgrace from Cuomo. Plus they think they can get another scalp. The way the media is, Christ himself would be vilified as a sinner. A dem can do no wrong.


46 posted on 02/22/2021 10:58:04 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: tennmountainman
Which Teddy?

I'm sorry to admit I was a Cruzer in 2015. Boy, did we dodge a bullet in Nov 2016, from both r's and d's.

I believe the right side is the original Teddy.

47 posted on 02/22/2021 10:58:21 AM PST by C210N (You can trust government or you can understand history. But you CANNOT do both.)
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To: dragnet2

“He didn’t help himself? I guess that’s the nice way of saying he was lying his butt off.”

Of course he was. It was hard to see how jetting off to Cancun while your voters are literally freezing to death can be topped...but yea, in his lying about it - he managed to even top that off!


48 posted on 02/22/2021 10:58:50 AM PST by BobL
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To: windsorknot

Never said I did.


49 posted on 02/22/2021 10:59:08 AM PST by tennmountainman ( Liberals Are Baby Killers.)
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To: conservative98

What actions could Ted have taken to ameliorate the storm and the electrical failures? I don’t think he is a state official in charge of anything in Texas and he is not in a position to issue Decrees.


50 posted on 02/22/2021 10:59:40 AM PST by arthurus ( covfefe )
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To: Coleus

You just gotta keep posting this crap don’t ya?
Exactly what crime are you accusing Ted Cruz of committing here?


51 posted on 02/22/2021 11:01:05 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: cyclotic

I hang out with plenty of my friends from college, as do most people I know.
Nothing new or strange about that.


52 posted on 02/22/2021 11:02:54 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: conservative98

Cruz goes to Cancun, and is ostracized. Obama goes golfing immediately after American journalist James Foley is beheaded. Crickets.


53 posted on 02/22/2021 11:04:02 AM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: stanne

Mike stayed in Bermuda.


54 posted on 02/22/2021 11:04:07 AM PST by gcparent (Justice Amy Coney Barrett)
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To: conservative98

So by the left’s logic we should just cancel the right and have no opposing viewpoints then. Makes sense.


55 posted on 02/22/2021 11:04:49 AM PST by RushCrush (Prayers up for Rush Hudson Limbaugh)
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To: conservative98

Much more impotanter than coumo’s nursing home killings. Cancun story, 😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴


56 posted on 02/22/2021 11:05:02 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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To: gcparent

Mike who?


57 posted on 02/22/2021 11:06:06 AM PST by Morpheus2009 (If you want me to be afraid, then be consistent in your logic, standards, and your lies!)
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To: bray

“Dumb move politically, but who cares.”

Ahhhh, VOTERS who hadn’t ALREADY figured out what a PHONY, PLASTIC, FAKE person Ted Cruz is.

Oh, NOW we can include LIAR!

FUTC (Frost You Ted Cruz)


58 posted on 02/22/2021 11:06:45 AM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: SmokingJoe

Well, it wasn’t smart because once his opponents found out they donated millions to disaster relief.


59 posted on 02/22/2021 11:07:25 AM PST by Morpheus2009 (If you want me to be afraid, then be consistent in your logic, standards, and your lies!)
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To: usafa92
"Who invites their college roommate along on a family vacation at age 50?"

It's better than inviting your mother-in-law.

60 posted on 02/22/2021 11:08:31 AM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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