Senator Ted Cruz wanted to show that he is dedicated to helping Texans who struggle due to a deep freeze that has led to power cuts and pipe breaks across the state. Then, the senator, who has been trying to stave off criticism after taking a tour of Cancún last week while his voters suffered, posted photos of himself on Twitter carrying water to several cars. A photo even shows you shaking a person’s hand. “#TexasStrong,” he wrote in the tweet.
The tweets came after several Democratic leaders made a point of demonstrating how they were helping Texas while Cruz went to Cancún. And many on social networks I couldn’t believe, featuring Cruz’s photo-op as too little, too late and an obvious attempt to rehabilitate his image. “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,” Melissa Ryan, who has worked as a digital Democratic Party, said. Some pointed out that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advise everyone to self-quarantine to seven days after traveling.
Cruz acknowledged that the trip to Cancún “was obviously a mistake” and said that “on second thought, I wouldn’t have done that”. Cruz said he was trying to be a “good father”, but he realized it was a mistake and changed his flight back. At first the senator tried to say that he planned only to leave his family, but later acknowledged that he changed his flight to return earlier than planned. United Airlines is investigating who leaked the data that revealed that Cruz changed his flight back after all the reaction on social media. “It is against United’s policies to share personal information about our customers and we are investigating this incident,” United Airlines said in a statement.
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