Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Subscribe on Google Podcasts She asked neighbors and friends in a group text conversation whether they were interested in joining them on their trip. Text messages shared with POLITICO showed Heidi Cruz bemoaning the “FREEZING” temperatures after their house lost power earlier in the week. He told the local ABC station in Houston that he made a “mistake,” and later told Sean Hannity on Fox News that he ultimately came to the conclusion that “you need to be here on the ground.” He said his intention was to “work remotely” from Cancun through the weekend.
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He left Texas as his constituents were dealing with unprecedented power outages and sub-freezing temperatures stemming from a series of devastating and ongoing winter storms, and Cruz decided to return home early after the backlash materialized. The flap began Wednesday night, when photos surfaced on social media of Cruz waiting in line to board a flight from his home airport in Houston with his wife, Heidi, and their daughters. His explanation quickly became its own social media punch line, with one House Democrat tweeting wryly that he needed to take his daughters to Cancun “so I can be a good father.” For a 2016 White House contender widely viewed as a potential 2024 hopeful, the mostly tight-lipped response from Cruz’s fellow Republicans underscored his long-standing status as one of the more polarizing figures in the Senate GOP. He later acknowledged that his trip was booked through the weekend. He initially did not clarify whether he had always intended the trip to last less than 24 hours, saying only that he “wanted to be a good dad” and “drop off” his daughters in Cancun. Texas Democratic Party Chair Gilberto Hinojosa also said Cruz should resign, calling the trip "disturbing and disappointing.When he finally addressed the furor earlier Thursday, Cruz said he flew to Cancun to accompany his daughters at their request and was flying back to the U.S. More: Texas mayor who wrote 'only the strong will survive' amid deadly winter storm says he has resigned "Senator Cruz should do his constituents a favor and stay on the beach instead of getting paid by taxpayers to do a job he clearly has no interest in doing," American Bridge 21st Century President Bradley Beychok said in a statement.
The liberal PAC American Bridge 21st Century called on Cruz to resign. Tommy Vietor, former spokesperson for President Barack Obama, called Cruz's trip "callous and politically masochistic." Wu told USA TODAY he had not taken the photo, but it had been passed along to him by former congressional candidate Sima Ladjevardian, whose friend was on the flight with Cruz and sitting nearby. Gene Wu, D-Houston, along with a picture of Cruz on an airplane. "Guess which US Senator from Texas flew to Cancun while the state was freezing to death and having to boil water?" wrote Democratic state Rep. Texas' power grid: 'An electrical island': Texas has dodged federal regulation for years by having its own power grid Texas storms latest: The latest stories of winter storm hardship: 'I had no idea it was going to be this bad' "HPD officers monitored his movements through the terminal," Acevedo said. Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said in a statement the senator's staff had contacted the department and asked for assistance "upon the senator's arrival at the airport." The Houston Police Department confirmed Cruz's presence at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston on Wednesday. Wanting to be a good dad, I flew down with them last night and am flying back this afternoon," Cruz said. "With school canceled for the week, our girls asked to take a trip with friends. In a statement issued early Thursday afternoon, Cruz said in a statement his daughters had wanted to take the trip to Cancun with their friends. Overnight temperatures were in the single digits early in the week. Austin's main weather station reported as much as 6.4 inches of snow this week, the most the city has seen in over 70 years. About 325,000 customers in Texas were still without power Thursday evening after frigid temperatures kicked large shares of the state's power plants off its grid this week, leaving more than 4 million in the dark and triggering outrages.
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