Proud Texan country singer Kacey Musgraves is selling new products that benefit the residents of her home state – and ruthlessly chasing Ted Cruz.
The latest product on sale on the artist’s website “Golden Hour” is a simple black and white T-shirt that says, “Cruzin ‘for a Bruzin’” – a clear criticism of the Texas senator, who was attacked this week for traveling to Cancún, Mexico, with his family as a deadly winter storm ravaged the state.
Costing $ 29.99, the unisex zinger recipe for a ringer t-shirt will be donated to various organizations that provide help to Texans affected by extremely cold temperatures, prolonged power outages and water shortages that plague Lone Star for several days .
The anti-Cruz shirt will be available for purchase until Sunday, with funds raised for Feed the People Dallas, Casa Marianella and the American Red Cross of Central and South Texas.
Petition for @tedcruz to retweet this link. A quick and easy way to really help in the comfort of your home! We are halfway to raising $ 100k for Texas! Come on, Ted. https://t.co/TglB3AsEkt
– KACEY (@KaceyMusgraves) February 19, 2021
“No bruises, please,” says the product description, while Musgraves launched a “Petition to @tedcruz retweet” a link to the item and announced on Twitter that he was “halfway to raising $ 100,000 for Texas”.
“Texas is cold, I can be cold,” Musgraves tweeted when revealing his newest product, playing a lyric from his song “Slow Burn”.
Musgraves is just one of several celebrities who recently made fun of Cruz after the politician and his family were caught boarding a plane on Wednesday to Cancun for a stay at a luxury resort while Texas was in crisis. Cruz said he was just escorting his daughters to their destination and planned to return home immediately. Upon returning on Thursday, Cruz said his family trip was “obviously a mistake”.
Other entertainment figures who condemned Cruz include Trevor Noah, Billy Eichner, Padma Lakshmi, George Takei, Roxane Gay and Seth Rogen, who has been involved in several social media discussions with the legislator in the past.
See more celebrity reactions to #CancunGate de Cruz below.
* makes “CRUZIN FOR A BRUZIN” t-shirts
* donates profits to needy Texans– KACEY (@KaceyMusgraves) February 18, 2021
I’m sorry, but if you never left your kids in Cancún to play during a pandemic and humanitarian crisis in your home state, it’s probably because you’re just a worthless liberal Hollywood elitist.
– Ashley Nicole Black (@ ashleyn1cole) February 18, 2021
Cruz not only abandoned his state during a storm in which millions of people have no water or electricity because of a government failure, he:
– the police dispatched him through the airport
– blamed his kids for the flight
– rescheduled his trip back
– lied about it https://t.co/9cISUyin4U– Padma Lakshmi (@PadmaLakshmi) February 18, 2021
If you wanted to be a good father, @tedcruz you would not have spread the Big Lie, causing an armed uprising on the Capitol that killed 5 people and injured 140 policemen.
And based on his baggage in these photos, his intention was by no means simply to “accompany” his family. https://t.co/drMJziEYfD
– Padma Lakshmi (@PadmaLakshmi) February 18, 2021
If you were just leaving your daughter, why the giant suitcase of clothes? And don’t you have to wait 72 hours to confirm a negative COVID test before flying back? pic.twitter.com/8Po8OBMxtU
– Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) February 18, 2021
His statement is hilarious. I wonder how long it took to make up this story. Also, wearing a Texas flag mask on the way home? Politics is a dirty and cynical business.
– roxane gay (@rgay) February 18, 2021
Ted Cruz running away with his family after two days of hardship still has no empathy for migrants who escape years of war, hunger and terror.
– George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) February 19, 2021
it’s hard to think of someone more embarrassing in every way than ted cruz
– Natalie Morales (@nataliemorales) February 18, 2021
This may be the most honest and vulnerable I’ve ever been on this app
– billy eichner (@billyeichner) February 19, 2021