‘A child froze to death’: Ted Cruz smacked down after he jokes about ‘awesome’ Cancun vacation

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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) faced a scolding online on Tuesday after he joked about “awesome” Cancun vacations.

Earlier this year, Cruz fled to Cancun as Texas was facing massive power outages due to a winter storm.

The senator was defiant about the vacation as he shared a tweet promoting “awesome” trips to Cancun on Tuesday. Continue reading.

Ted Cruz asks Houston cops to help him get out of airport as Texans rage over Cancun trip: report

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is flying home amid widespread outrage over his decision to fly to Cancun while millions of his residents are freezing amid mass power outages.

Now ABC News reporter Ben Siegel brings word that Cruz’s staff reached out to the Houston Police Department to see if they could supply personnel to help the senator make his way out of Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

“Cruz’s staff contacted HPD personnel at IAH on Wednesday… and requested assistance upon the Senator’s arrival at the airport,” Siegel reports. “HPD officers monitored his movements through the terminal.” Continue reading.