Here’s why it was Ted Cruz flying to Cancun * so * bad

Texas Senator Ted Cruz was bombarded with negative press on social media after seeing his family jumping on a flight to Cancun between the devastating winter storm and the subsequent power outage. In the last episode of The Point newspaper, CNN’s Chris Cillizza explains that what was a very short trip had a bad look. SOURCES AND MORE READING: Ted Cruz’s Journey to Cancun: Family Texts Define His Political Mistake
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/us/politics/ted-cruz-storm-cancun.html

Officials consider the network operator to be out of power when millions run out at dusk
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/16/weather/texas-winter-storm-tuesday/index.html

While Cruz was traveling from Cancun, O’Rourke and AOC helped the Texans in crisis
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/19/politics/ted-cruz-beto-o-rourke-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-aoc-texas-disaster/index.html

Ted Cruz is being ridiculed for photos showing him loading water bottles into cars because he wants to rebuild his fame after the Cancun holiday disaster.
https://www.businessinsider.com/senator-ted-cruz-mocked-over-texas-disaster-relief-photo-op-2021-2

Ted Cruz said he took his family to Mexico because he wanted to be a ‘good father’
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2021/02/18/ted-cruz-says-he-flew-family-to-mexico-because-he-wanted-to-be-a-good- father /

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