Ted Cruz’s Cancun Getaway Has Sparked Some Merciless #TedFled Memes The internet got straight to work, photoshopping the Texas senator and his luggage into various scenesAndi Ortiz | February 18, 2021 @ 9:52 AM Last Updated: February 18, 2021 @ 9:55 AM Getty Images Even before The New York Times and Associated Press confirmed that Senator Ted Cruz indeed flew to Cancun while Texas battled a deadly winter storm, early reports sparked reactions from Twitter. As images of a man who appeared to be Cruz at the airport and on his flight began circulating, MSNBC analyst David Corn corrected predicted, “I sense a meme. Who’s going to photoshop Ted Cruz in front of various disasters?”