They had stayed at the Ritz-Carlton in Cancún “many times,” she said, highlighting the hotel’s strong security and rate that week, the Times reported.Ĭruz arrived at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport later Thursday, according to a source who was on the flight with him. Their house was “FREEZING,” she said, per the Times, and suggested a trip lasting until Sunday. “We may go to Cancún,” she said, according to the media organization, referencing a “direct flight” and “hotels w capacity. She asked friends in a group chat, “Anyone can or want to leave for the week?” the Times reported Thursday. My team and I will continue using all our resources to keep Texans informed and safe.”īut texts sent by his wife, Heidi, on Wednesday appeared to paint a different picture, The New York Times reported. We want our power back, our water on, and our homes warm. “My staff and I are in constant communication with state and local leaders to get to the bottom of what happened in Texas. Wanting to be a good dad, I flew down with them last night and am flying back this afternoon,” he said in the statement. school cancelled for the week, our girls asked to take a trip with friends.
Ted Cruz is seen boarding a flight Wednesday at Houston IAH airport bound for Cancun, Mexico. “I think everyone ought to treat each other with respect and decency and try to understand each other more particularly at a time of crisis.”Īnalysis: Cruz’s Cancun trip violates an unwritten rule of politics.Ĭruz had confirmed the trip in a statement to CNN earlier in the day, saying he flew down for a night because his daughters “asked to take a trip with friends.” Listen, we’re in a strange time where Twitter’s been going crazy and the media is going crazy and there’s a lot of venom and vitriol that I think is unfortunate frankly on both sides,” Cruz said. “Of course, I understand why people are upset. With protesters audible outside his home, Cruz said he understands the anger many Texans feel toward his decision. “But I also have a responsibility that I take very seriously for the state of Texas and frankly, leaving when so many Texans were hurting didn’t feel right and so I changed my return flight and flew back on the first available flight I could take,” Cruz continued. That’s something Texans have been doing across the state,” said Cruz, who had said in an earlier statement that he flew to Mexico because his daughters had asked to take a trip and he was trying to be a “good dad.” “I started having second thoughts almost the moment I sat down on the plane, because on the one hand, all of us who are parents have a responsibility to take care of our kids, take care of our family. Ted Cruz said that flying to Cancun, Mexico, as a winter disaster in his home state left millions without power or water “was obviously a mistake” and that “in hindsight I wouldn’t have done it.”Ĭruz, a Texas Republican, spoke to reporters after returning to his Houston home Thursday evening from a trip that has earned fierce criticism on social media and in his own backyard.
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