Ted Cruz
(Picture: Getty Images)Senator Ted Cruz is being reminded of his past again.
This time, the Texas politician took to Twitter to decry the U.S. for “leaving Americans behind” in the aftermath of US forces from Afghanistan.
This is horrifying. And wrong.
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) August 31, 2021
America doesn’t leave Americans behind. https://t.co/k1olAjUkmh
This is an ironic hill for Cruz to die on considering he did that very thing — and not even that long ago.
In February of this year, Cruz literally fled the country amidst a dangerous winter storm, leaving hundreds of Texans behind, freezing to death in darkness, opting to take a relaxing Cancun vacation instead of aiding his constituents when they needed him most.
Bold words from a man who left all the Americans in his state behind to vacation in Cancun. https://t.co/ctUoiP18Q8
— Katie Porter’s WhiteBoard (@OhOEvie) August 31, 2021
Still, that didn’t stop the senator from weighing in a video shared by the Republican National Committee, during which a reporter addresses a Texas family who had “been going to the airport for two weeks” in an attempt to leave Afghanistan. Cruz quote-tweeted the video, writing: “This is horrifying. And wrong. America doesn’t leave Americans behind.”
True, but also... remember Cancun? Texans do. #Hypocrisy https://t.co/f2PxBV4UmI
— RAICES (@RAICESTEXAS) August 31, 2021
Twitter immediately began to mock Cruz’s hypocritical statement, reminding the senator of his quick trip across the border for some sun amid a fatal storm.
Unless it’s cold and your kids really want to get tan. https://t.co/zzJF3BcblV
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) August 31, 2021
Sir…you went to Cancun. https://t.co/E6BU3IMgbQ
— Miss Aja (@brat2381) August 31, 2021
YOU LITERALLY LEFT YOUR ENTIRE STATE TO FREEZE IN A POWER OUTAGE SO YOU COULD GO TO A RITZ CARLTON IN MEXICO.
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) August 31, 2021
AND THEN YOU LIED AND TRIED TO BLAME YOUR CHILDREN WHEN YOU GOT CAUGHT. https://t.co/2CYJ3j7KF8
bitch didn’t u do that?? https://t.co/dniCgLYIqR
— elisa fey (@elisa_fey) August 31, 2021
This was the senator’s second blunder of the day (of which we’re aware), as he also incorrectly tweeted a video of “Joe Biden’s Afghanistan,” in which he claimed the Taliban was “hanging a man from an American Blackhawk helicopter.”
Unless we are going to Cancun? Seriously, F you, @tedcruz! 🤬🖕 https://t.co/2HxpZaIyXW
— Marianna Kat (@kat_marianna) September 1, 2021
However several experts on the ground quickly debunked Cruz’s claim: No one was “hanging” from a helicopter, someone was simply trying to fix a flag over a building.
remember when you went to cancun during a deadly snowstorm https://t.co/IXI0gVb7Up
— mari (@mariciddl) September 1, 2021
“A viral video claiming to show a man being brutally hanged from a helicopter in Kandahar was likely an attempt to fix a flag over a public building, not a hanging,” journalist Shayan Sardarizadeh tweeted. “A separate video of the incident shows the man is clearly alive and waving in the air.”
Because if there’s anyone who should be giving lectures about “leaving Americans behind,” it’s this guy: pic.twitter.com/pjVdj7vJYi
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) August 31, 2021
