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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
My kids wanted to take a trip to somewhere warm too while we were sitting in the dark freezing....but when I called the Houston Police Department to help me arrange transport to the airport on icy roads with no traffic lights they said I was insane.
— 4BetterDays🌱🛹 (@4_odays) February 18, 2021
Lyin', flyin' Ted. He wasn't originally planning to return so soon.https://t.co/X5asJoZyuZ
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) February 18, 2021
pic.twitter.com/NkbxegKhMH
— Austin Ross (@AustinTRoss) 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
People making fun of a guy genuinely “wanting to be a good dad" after growing up with a father who killed JFK is exactly why I hate this hellsite https://t.co/LtDWNY7tpH
— Isaac Chotiner (@IChotiner) 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
It took Ted Cruz 24 hours to come up with that explanation? My 11-year-old daughter comes up with better BS thinking on her feet.
— Christopher Bouzy (@cbouzy) February 18, 2021
What kind of coward blames his kids? THIS guy! https://t.co/XTZ5JzKUD5
— Graeme #14a Zielinski (@gjzielinski) 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
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
