Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) threw his daughters under the bus after he was caught flying to Cancun as Texans suffered through a power outage during extreme winter weather, and his blame-shifting didn't go over well.
The Texas Republican flew home from Mexico hours after accompanying his wife and daughters -- ages 12 and 10 -- to the vacation destination, which he insisted was the girls' idea after the power outage shut down their school.
"With school cancelled for the week, our girls asked to take a trip with friends," the senator said in a statement. "Wanting to be a good dad, I flew down with them last night and am flying back this afternoon."
The excuse was met with scorn and ridicule.
Someone on here predicted Ted Cruz would blame his family. Give that person their award. https://t.co/8YT5EJ4EKQ
— Midwin Charles, Esq. (@MidwinCharles) February 18, 2021
Blaming your daughters is just next level. You gotta just tip your cap. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) February 18, 2021
who among us doesn’t immediately blame our kids when we get roasted for a bad decision
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) February 18, 2021
I am trying to imagine the kind of hell that'd be rained down upon me if I tried to throw my kids under the bus for my fuckup.
— Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra) February 18, 2021
If I was "a good dad," wouldn't I *stay* in some vacation spot with them after escorting them there?
— Paul Farhi (@farhip) February 18, 2021
Ted Cruz heading to Cancun- pic.twitter.com/EOyN5URq7d
— Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) February 18, 2021
literally no time elapsed between Cruz’s laughably absurd statement and the debunking of Cruz’s laughably absurd statement https://t.co/e8HfbieIUN
— shauna (@goldengateblond) February 18, 2021
Ted Cruz had a huge container of luggage for each hour he planned to stay in Mexico pic.twitter.com/WL1Drp2vpW
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 18, 2021
come on everyone this is entirely reasonable ted cruz just needed to test the pina coladas to make sure antifa didn't poison them https://t.co/e3lmdkGdFG
— jordan (@JordanUhl) February 18, 2021
