"Ted Cruz sees his job as basically being a guy who records a podcast, goes on Fox News, and tweets snarky jokes. And increasingly, that's what being a conservative politician is. It's a form of performative trolling."
Chris Hayes (MSNBC)
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— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) February 18, 2021
Is your water off? Power out? Act now. Our lines are open and paradise awaits you. #CanCruz pic.twitter.com/4tzyrVcejI
Slowly then all at once, the internet exposed Ted Cruz for flying to a Cancun vacation in the middle of Texas's snowstorm and power outage crisis. https://t.co/DKw7veXLJl
— Vox (@voxdotcom) February 18, 2021
the children’s hospital in Austin has no water & is using kitty litter to dispose of human waste https://t.co/aSkjjJMC3n
— Dr. Paige Harden (@kph3k) February 18, 2021
absolutely mind boggling to watch texas freeze out and think about all the shit texas elected officials spent their time on the last couple months. restricting voting rights. filing insurrection lawsuits. mandating sporting event music. freaking out over who uses bathrooms.
— kilgore trout, back in some form (@KT_So_It_Goes) February 18, 2021
People are sleeping on floors, toilets are clogged and covered in plastic bags because of the smell. People report not being given drinking water. When asked about water, guards have said: "you shouldn't have f**ing gotten locked up." (2)
— Alec Karakatsanis (@equalityAlec) February 17, 2021
UPDATE: we are hearing reports that a young man has died in the houston jail. Trying to learn more. Many more could follow if the DA and judges do not change course and let people out without requiring cash payments. The cash bail system is a catastrophic failure.
— Alec Karakatsanis (@equalityAlec) February 18, 2021
Ted Cruz’s Cancun vacation is actually a sacrifice he’s making on behalf of Texas, so the state could have more power and food. https://t.co/wgg4xFpBXT
— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) February 18, 2021
Imagine wanting to die on this hill pic.twitter.com/I6MU51sLEq
— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) February 18, 2021
So fleeing a disaster at home fueled by a governance failure and seeking safe harbor for those he loves most, Ted Cruz decided it was best to help his family cross the border? Huh.
— Jill Filipovic (@JillFilipovic) February 18, 2021
They seem to be prepping the just dropping off the family line pic.twitter.com/E9qMieP3iG
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 18, 2021
Cruz throws his daughters under the bus pic.twitter.com/SvyiiicOZE
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 18, 2021
what kind of father would let his family suffer the hardship of flying on an airplane to a luxury resort in mexico without his help
— kilgore trout, back in some form (@KT_So_It_Goes) February 18, 2021
Wait, I thought people who participated in the insurrection were on a no-fly list? #TedCruz
— Dana Goldberg (@DGComedy) February 18, 2021
I can’t believe Ted Cruz expects us to believe that he spent 2 days on a plane just so he could chaperone his kids to Cancun for a spontaneous international pandemic vacation. The lying is beyond shameless.
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 18, 2021
So he expects us to believe that his kids asked him to go on vacation to Cancun *yesterday* and they all flew out *that night* https://t.co/i42DIFPcSf
— Brian Tashman (@briantashman) February 18, 2021
“You know who does roundtrip to Mexico and back for less than 24 hours with a large suitcase?
— YS (@NYinLA2121) February 18, 2021
Drug traffickers and Ted Cruz.”
- CSPAN caller.
From an airport in southeast Mexico, Ted Cruz claims he's "continuing to work to try to get the power on" in Texas. It'd be hilarious if it wasn't so pathetic. pic.twitter.com/4ythCWsJsU
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 18, 2021
*Ted Cruz steps off an airplane in Houston*
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) February 18, 2021
*Strolls to a podium surrounded by reporters*
"People of Texas," he begins, "I tracked the people who stole the 2020 election to Cancun. But I'm sad to inform you that they got away because the liberal media warned them I was coming."
It's obvious but worth explicitly acknowledging that if Schumer flew to Cancún for vacation while his constituents were freezing, Fox News would break in for special coverage that would last until the next election. Yet Cruz's trip hasn't even been mentioned on Fox News today.
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 18, 2021
Fox News has finally gotten around to covering Ted Cruz's Mexico trip. They made it through all of Thursday morning without mentioning it. pic.twitter.com/Y08SXoP0vS
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 18, 2021
“I mean this is kind of day one stuff if you’re a politician. If there’s a weather disaster in your state, you don’t go on a tropical vacation” pic.twitter.com/sw8nP06GgU
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) February 18, 2021
Report: Pres. Obama growing debt by $3M/min--even during vacation! RT to send him on permanent vaca in '12: http://t.co/7BevLU3
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) August 23, 2011
Hell, Allan, he abandoned his poodle Snowflake! And I thought I couldn't loathe him more.
ReplyDeleteHas that been confirmed? Numerous people were tweeting about it last night. Could he have left the dog and a person in the house (he said was FREEZING so he had to go to Cancun)? Which is not a whole lot better . . . I'm a little surprised he caved and came back. If he was "a real man" (TM), he would have stayed.
ReplyDeleteThere is no bottom with any of these cruel fascist asshats.
Apparently there was a guard taking care of the poodle.
ReplyDeletehttps://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/02/ted-cruz-flees-texas-for-cancun-ditches-family-poodle.html
Not impressed. I don't leave dogs alone because I want to loll on a beach for fucksake!
Jean and I haven't taken a vacation together since 1969 when we were married. Why? Because, Ted, someone should be home with the dogs!
The dog and the "guard" can huddle together for warmth!
ReplyDeleteTed Cancruz's lies are amazing. "I packed two suitcases because I was flying down only to make sure my kids got there safely and then I was totally flying straight back despite having an original return ticket for six days later which was only changed after a public uproar and thank goodness that even after I admitted on Fox that I was going to stay for a week, Hannity kept telling the flying-right-back lie."
Breaking News at Newsmax: Biden's dog might need a bath. Or his fur is brown (which equals "dirty", obviously).
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