In what can only be described as a desperate attempt at damage control after being busted for flying off to sunny Cancun while his constituents were freezing in storm-ravaged Texas, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) posted pictures of himself loading water into cars on Twitter Saturday night with the hashtag #TexasStrong.
Cruz has taken a beating from both sides of the aisle for accompanying his family for a quickie vacation as Texans statewide were trying to survive without water and heat in the freezing cold, and has since apologized. Cruz has also been shown up by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) who raised millions for struggling Texans and then flew down to the state to help with relief efforts.
Needless to say, few on Twitter were buying what Cruz was selling and they let him know it -- as you can see below:
@SenTedCruz This is so sad. As if anyone would buy this bs stunt now.— Rich Swinton 🇺🇸 (@Rich Swinton 🇺🇸)1613879833.0
@SenTedCruz First you abandon your constituents, now they are crisis photo opps to you? Do you have any shame at all @tedcruz?— David Weissman (@David Weissman)1613880986.0
@SenTedCruz How was Cancun?— JerryRigEverything (@JerryRigEverything)1613881330.0
@SenTedCruz LMAO LOOK AT THIS EMPTY ASS PARKING LOT 🤡🤡 https://t.co/K6kuMqPTed— BJvG (@BJvG)1613880108.0
@SenTedCruz STAGED!! Look at the reflection off the conveyances. Did you get your staff to pose? There should be li… https://t.co/GiBeJTf9ni— Justice_country_over_party (@Justice_country_over_party)1613922755.0
@SenTedCruz While you were traveling and doing press: https://t.co/4QkZfSLLMc— Mister Jay Em (@Mister Jay Em)1613880961.0
@SenTedCruz https://t.co/KKVFKL7ced— Sleeping Giants (@Sleeping Giants)1613890912.0
@SenTedCruz Only you would tweet photos that look like you’re stealing water. You utterly useless dipshit.— Cara Lynn Shultz (@Cara Lynn Shultz)1613919677.0
@nonconfromist @SenTedCruz You left out the part about an empty parking lot. I live in Texas and the lines to get w… https://t.co/C6AQUvPWG6— Ashlie Harr (@Ashlie Harr)1613921451.0
@SenTedCruz So you show up on the first sunny day when temps are a little warmer. You are trying to save face. You… https://t.co/UxjHvRK4ou— Lana DaFree (@Lana DaFree)1613880585.0
@SenTedCruz If you are at a distribution location, why is that parking lot empty? This is staged and those so-calle… https://t.co/WJSwAjtxYo— The Woodchuck (@The Woodchuck)1613923148.0
@SenTedCruz Ted's tweet should be accompanied by #CancunCruz, not #TexasStrong!— MURRAY (@MURRAY)1613885579.0
@SenTedCruz One case of water in an empty car park. Meanwhile, elsewhere in Texas: https://t.co/QWKMbRZkVC— Erste Laste (it/it/its. No apostrophe.) (@Erste Laste (it/it/its. No apostrophe.))1613909729.0
@SenTedCruz I especially like this one where you can see the phalanx of photographers you brought with you reflecte… https://t.co/6YLPknyong— bbarrie (@bbarrie)1613880457.0
@SenTedCruz Are you there to unload the supplies that AOC and Beto gathered??— NMA (@NMA)1613923117.0
@SenTedCruz #AOCforTexans https://t.co/UUBpbRJL2A— ☕ Coffee ☕ (@☕ Coffee ☕)1613879823.0
@SenTedCruz Unforgivable. https://t.co/N0G0Fhnkuw— DR. KRUPALI 🇺🇸 (@DR. KRUPALI 🇺🇸)1613881247.0
