Even if there had not been the storm, this would have been bad optics. *Very* bad optics - his opponents could and would use it against him in the next election - “Ted Cruz is jetting off in the middle of a pandemic!”
Cruz has some real problems with his optics.
True.
Worst was the Trump convention "so long, suckers, no endorsements from me, pals".
I admit honestly I don't like beards on men. (Alright, throw rocks at me).
Before Cruz is the GOP or third party Presidential nominee and before Don,Jr. is the US Senate nominee, shave those beards off, please. My two cents.
I'll say ... in the 2016 GOP debates he made a smarmy comment to Trump about "New York values" which was meant to discredit Trump from the rest of the nation. But this debate was before the NY, NJ, CT primaries took place, and while I was watching the debate with a friend, a fellow NY Republican voter, I immediately said that Cruz just lost New York as well as New Jersey and Connecticut in the primaries.
What a stoopit comment on his part, as he just lost 3 major northeastern states with one stoopit attack on a political rival.
He’s hardly the only one jet setting to Mexico. Many people are going there, even fear Mongers. I belong to an ‘Isla Mujerers’ fb page and read updates thru the week.