Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was ridiculed online after a family “friend” leaked text messages about his “hastily planned” trip to Cancun, Mexico, to The New York Times.
Cruz rushed back to Texas on Thursday a day after he was caught fleeing his storm-ravaged state as millions of his fellow residents were left without power and clean water amid freezing temperatures. “Text messages sent from Ms.
Cruz to friends and Houston neighbors on Wednesday revealed a hastily planned trip. Their house was ‘FREEZING,’ as Ms. Cruz put it — and she proposed a getaway until Sunday.
Ms. Cruz invited others to join them at the Ritz-Carlton in Cancún, where they had stayed “many times,” noting the room price this week ($309 per night) and its good security.