Barbs fly at @TedCruz for heading to #Cancun as millions in Texas freeze without power

Still no explanation, confirmation or denial from Cruz or his office.

dallasnews.com/news/politics/…
.@TedCruz appears to have a ticket for the Thursday afternoon flight home – cutting the #Cancun vacation far too short for a sunburn, yet certainly long enough to get blistered.
#FlyingTed #CancunCruz #texaswinterstorm #TexasFreeze

dallasnews.com/news/politics/…
Just in from @TedCruz: “With school cancelled for the week, our girls asked to take a trip with friends. Wanting to be a good dad, I flew down with them last night and am flying back this afternoon."
#CancunCruz #CruzToCancun #Cancun

dallasnews.com/news/politics/…
.@TedCruz statement is ambiguous on if he's returning early because of the #flyinted condemnation ("Wanting to be a good dad, I flew down with them last night and am flying back this afternoon").

His suitcase was very large for one overnight in #Cancun.

dallasnews.com/news/politics/…
Exclusive video of @TedCruz in #Cancun from @AlDiaDallas/@dallasnews

“People are gonna say what they’re gonna say. I’m a dad & just trying to be a good dad...I’m also a senator & working hard to fight for the state of #Texas.”

dallasnews.com/news/politics/…

.@TedCruz back in Houston <24 hrs after flying to #Cancun w/Heidi and their 2 girls.

Says girls asked "yesterday" for a trip, suggesting scramble for same-day flight. Also they'd lost power & heat.

Phones must have had enough juice to order tix & Uber.
dallasnews.com/news/politics/…
New statement from @tedcruz acknowledges he planned to stay in #Cancun thru the weekend but "I had second thoughts almost the moment I sat down on the plane..."

dallasnews.com/news/politics/…

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3 Jan
More pile-on against @TedCruz and the #TrumpEleven:
Hawaii Sen. @brianschatz: "Some of the same people who voted no on #impeachment, saying that the remedy for malfeasance is an election, are now saying the remedy for the election is malfeasance." 1/x

dallasnews.com/news/politics/…
.@WillHurd, on last full day in Congress, says @TedCruz and others who'll object to @JoeBiden's win are "playing into our enemies hands....When I was undercover at the CIA, I saw firsthand how our enemies steal elections and try to interfere in ours." 2/x

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Intel vice-chair @MarkWarner accuses @TedCruz et al of abetting "undemocratic temper tantrum of a decisively defeated president....I fear they will do damage to our democracy & our global credibility that cannot be easily repaired.” 3/x

dallasnews.com/news/politics/…
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14 Dec 20
It's over.

California's 55 electoral votes went for @JoeBiden. It's now 302-232.

The Electoral College has officially certified his victory, and @realDonaldTrump's defeat, though he has yet to concede.

Only state left is Hawaii, w/4 Biden electors.

dallasnews.com/news/politics/…
Most GOP Texans in Congress -- whose oath, recall, is to uphold the Constitution, which says that presidents are elected via the Electoral College -- still refuse to say if they think @JoeBiden won. 1/x
Did Biden win? @RepChipRoy deflects:

“I am not going to respond to the media game of asking only qs its members care about asking after watching them literally refuse to ask @wendydavis a single important question...thruout a hard-fought campaign.”

I didn't cover that campaign.
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