Calls are growing for Texas Senator Ted Cruz (R) to resign and be expelled after pictures surfaced of him traveling to Cancún, Mexico, on Wednesday while millions in his home state are without power or clean water because of a brutal winter storm.
Photos of Cruz and his wife boarding a flight from Houston to Cancún, Mexico sparked a fierce outcry on social media late Wednesday.
In a statement, Texas Democratic Party chairman Gilberto Hinojosa called Cruz’s actions “disturbing and disappointing.” Hinojosa tore into Cruz for challenging the Electoral College vote ahead of the Capitol riots on Jan.
6, and said Cruz should now resign for “jetting off to Mexico while Texans remain dying in the cold.” “The Texas Democratic Party calls on Ted