Senator Ted Cruz released photos of himself on Twitter delivering water and meeting Texans amid growing controversy over the Republican legislature’s departure to tropical Cancún last week, while its constituents in the Lone Star State struggled against a freeze. deep, general lack of energy and burst pipes that flooded houses.
The pictures, posted to your Twitter account On Saturday, he showed the senator in trouble carrying a box of water for several vehicles and shaking a person’s hand.
He wrote “Texas Strong” in the tweet.
Cruz, whose family returned from Cancún on Saturday, also linked to an FEMA statement, noting that the White House approved a major disaster declaration in 77 Texas counties and adding information where people can apply for federal assistance.
He also linked to a tweet from the city of Austin that received 10,878 boxes of water to distribute.
But critics scoffed at Cruz’s tweets, showing him engaged in relief efforts in Texas.
“I’m glad that someone in Ted Cruz’s Senate office finally instructed him on how to pretend compassion, humanity and create the illusion that he cares about the people he was elected to serve,” he posted. Melissa Ryan.
Another social media user posted photos of Cruz on the passenger jet as he prepared for his flight to Cancun for “fun holidays in the sun”, while his voters in Texas literally died of cold in their homes. “
“Too late, Ted,” wrote @ Newfie423.
Others pointed out that Beto O’Rourke, who narrowly lost to Cruz in 2018, and Congressman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez contributed to raising millions of dollars and helping Texans, even with the consequences involving Cruz for his Mexican escape.
Cruz flew back to Houston on Thursday, the day after he and his family were photographed boarding a jet to Cancun and text messages from his wife, Heidi, revealed that they told friends they were leaving the “FROSTY” climate and going to the Ritz-Carlton resort in Cancún.
At first, Cruz said he was just accompanying his daughters and friends on the flight and planned to return immediately.
Later, he finally admitted that he planned to stay there with his family until Saturday.
It is estimated that 70 people died in the United States because of the winter weather, with most of those deaths occurring in Texas.