Photos of
Ted Cruz emerged on Twitter that purports to show the Texas Senator flying to Cancun, Mexico to escape the brutal and dangerous cold spell causing blackouts in his home state of Texas. The images were shared on Twitter on Wednesday night, while millions of Texas residents are currently without power as dangerously low temperatures wreak havoc.
Update: more evidence has emerged that seems to confirm Cruz did leave the state he represents during a brutal and deadly catastrophe. Details added at the end of the post.
Arctic temperatures in Texas have caused dangerous power outages across the state, as much of the state’s electrical grid appears to have collapsed due to a variety of reasons. According to a CBS News report, there are 24 deaths so far related to the winter storm emergency, and 2.5 million residents are still without power. It is not a pleasant time to be in Texas, which illustrates why there is such outrage over claims that one of the highest-ranked elected
As Texas endures one of the worst disasters in its modern history, the state’s junior senator took a trip to a sunnier locale. Twitter sleuths and political…
Ted Cruz faces backlash after photos reportedly show him flying to Cancun in Texas deadly winter storm sbaker@businessinsider.com (Sinéad Baker)
Sen. Ted Cruz is facing criticism after unverified images suggested he left Texas on Wednesday.
Claims circulated on Twitter that he had flown to Cancun. News outlets said they confirmed it. Cruz hasn t commented.
Insider was not able to immediately verify the images, but they prompted outrage all the same.
Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas faced a barrage of criticism as unverified images said to show him taking a flight out of the storm-ravaged state circulated on Twitter on Wednesday.
Texas state Republican lawmakers have been under intense scrutiny all week for their handling of the bitter and deadly winter storm still battering the Lone Star state. Now, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing backlash after photos purport to show him on a flight from Houston in the middle of a growing hu.