Ted Cruz criticized the California government last year when a series of wildfires broke out and the governor asked residents to save electricity
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While Texas is hit by a winter storm that has generated power failures that has left millions of residents without service , on Wednesday Senator Ted Cruz left his home state and traveled to the resort of Cancun, Mexico, according to the newspaper The Dallas Morning News .
After photos of Senator Cruz and his wife boarding a flight from Houston to Cancun were revealed, a fierce protest was unleashed on social networks.
According to The New York Times the senator returns to Texas this Thursday while the senator’s office issued a statement explaining the reason for the trip to Mexico.
“With schools canceled during the week, our daughters asked to take a trip with friends. Wanting to be a good father, I flew with them last night and I’m flying back this afternoon, ”Senator Cruz said, adding that, like millions of other Texans, his family had lost heat and power services during the winter storm.
Cruz insisted that he and his staff have been “in constant communication” with state and local leaders during his brief trip to Cancun while the Senate is in recess this week.
As Senator Cruz left the country, Texas was mired in a crisis that has left millions of people without electricity , many of them do not have drinking water service .
During the morning of Wednesday, Cruz himself published on his Twitter account about the intensity of the storm winter where he wrote: “Stay safe and please continue to follow the warnings and updates propo by state and local officials. ”
Criticism for Cruz’s trip to Cancun
Ted Cruz, from 50 years, won re-election in 2018 against Beto O’Rourke with less than 51% of the votes. During that election Cruz aggressively promoted his efforts during the Hurricane Harvey emergency.
Critics of Senator Cruz have been recalling on social media the tweets the senator wrote last summer when he criticized to the California government for being “unable to perform even the basic functions of civilization” after the state governor asked residents to conserve electricity when the state registered a series of wildfires. On that occasion, Cruz attacked California’s energy policy.
California is now unable to perform even basic functions of civilization, like having reliable electricity.
Biden / Harris / AOC want to make CA’s failed energy policy the standard nationwide.
Hope you don’t like air conditioning! https://t.co/UkKBq9HkoK
– Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) August 19, 2018
On Monday Cruz warned during a radio interview that the state could register during the week close to 174 or more deaths due to low temperatures . In the interview he insisted: “So don’t risk it. Keep your family safe and stay home and hug your children, ”he said.
In December, Cruz criticized Austin Mayor, Democrat Stephen Adler, on his Twitter account, calling him of “hypocrite” for making a trip to Cabo San Lucas in Mexico, while warning his voters to “stay home” during the pandemic.
How much money does Ted Cruz have?
Senator Cruz has a net worth of $ 4 million, according to the site Celebrity Net Worth .
Ted Cruz was the second candidate for the Republican presidential nomination of 2016. Cruz began with a career in law, but turned toward politics. Cruz was a professor at the University of Texas School of Law and as a senator has an annual salary of $ 174. 02 Dollars.
Before winning the Senate in November 2012, Cruz filed a financial statement in July of that year that showed that he and his wife, Heidi, had assets that ranged from about $ 1.8 to $ 4.4 million , according to an analysis by the Politifact.com site.
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