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.
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Bloomberg stayed in Bermuda during bad NYC snow storm.
As with so many such PR debacles, it’s not so much the inciting incident as much as the coverup.
Too late, Fled.
His opponents donated millions to “disaster relief” and that is bad how?
Oh right when he was mayor!
What the heck “cover up” are you talking about here?
Because now AOC and his former senate opponent Beto can say that they did more for Texas in a major disaster than Ted did. Believe me that will be the campaign hammer they will use on him when he’s up for re-election.
Republicans shouldn't have to be afraid of living their lives like the Democrats do. Republicans are always going to be held to a higher standard. They shouldn't have to adjust their lives just to keep the press at bay. That's a phony life, and I wouldn't want to live it.
Not think about living his life. About the lies. He got caught in about 4 lies in the coverup.
Just what is your problem here?
Let me know when Ted dumps a date in a pond somewhere.
You got to be kidding me here.
Get back when you are actually ready to post stuff that actually makes any sense
I absolutely hate people - a true misanthrope - and still have friends from college, high school, childhood that I absolutely still go on trips/have parties/hang with.
"Work friends" not so much.
This has ALWAYS been the problem with our side the are a bunch of pussys that NEVER FIGHT!! Who the hell cares that Cruz had a vacation what the hell was he supposed to be able to solve in Texas was he supposed to blow hot air on the windmills, shovel snow off the solar panels??
Political hacks don’t make much sense, and they vote on their nonsense as well. I certainly don’t think Ted is an electrician or as responsible as say, Abbott, but the people we live with and large swathes of the electorate will probably go googly eyed or some other nonsense.
Nobody with any sense, least of all a conservative, pays any attention to any nonsense from AOC.
You are wasting our time posting garbage from her.
She doesn’t even live in Texas.
People in Texas don’t give two hoots about her.
Didn’t he say the vacation was planned?
I believe now that Cruz is compromised.
Speculating, perhaps he is ‘Controlled opposition’ for the Deep State.
In 2015 I sure noticed he was the only candidate, even over Trump, that was Constitution-minded.
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