Ted Cruz Accused of Flying to Cancun Amid Texas Power Outages As Photo Goes Viral

 


Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has been accused of traveling to Cancun, Mexico, amid the ongoing crisis in Texas, where millions have been left without power or heat in freezing temperatures.

 

Photos circulating on social media overnight appeared to show the senator at an airport and on an airplane. The idea that Cruz and his family had flown to Mexico soon spread on Twitter.

 

However, Cruz's office had not confirmed any travel plans to Cancun at the time of writing and Newsweek could not independently verify the claim that he was at an airport or flying on Wednesday.

This did not stop many social media users accepting that Cruz had left the country while his state struggles with a major crisis.

 

"Just confirmed @SenTedCruz and his family flew to Cancun tonight for a few days at a resort they've visited before," tweeted former MSNBC anchor David Shuster.

 

"Cruz seems to believe there isn't much for him to do in Texas for the millions of fellow Texans who remain without electricity/water and are literally freezing."

 

Shuster shared a photo of Cruz on an airplane but it's not clear when the picture was taken and the journalist offered no further evidence that the senator had flown to Mexico yesterday.

 

Just confirmed @SenTedCruz and his family flew to Cancun tonight for a few days at a resort they've visited before. Cruz seems to believe there isn't much for him to do in Texas for the millions of fellow Texans who remain without electricity/water and are literally freezing. pic.twitter.com/6nPiVWtdxe

 

— David Shuster (@DavidShuster) February 18, 2021

Shuster's tweet had been liked more than 26,000 times and retweeted, including quote tweets, more than 20,000 times on Thursday morning. "Cancun" was the top trending topic on Twitter in the U.S.

 

Cruz's two official Twitter accounts hadn't mentioned any travel at the time of writing. However, Keith Edwards, a former senior digital advisor to Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff's campaign, claimed he'd had confirmation of the rumor.

 

Alyssa Milano, Bette Midler And Other Celebs React to Texas Blackout

"I now have multiple people DMing me, confirming he was on their flight to Cancun today," Edwards tweeted late on Wednesday. He also said passengers on the flight had sent him pictures proving it.

 

"Two people in my DMs sent photos of Ted on their flight today from Cancun," he wrote. Edwards did not share the messages he said he'd received but maintained the claim about Cruz was accurate.

 

The plane in question appears to have been the 4.45 p.m. CST United Airlines flight from George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston to Cancun. Other social media users suggested Cruz was in the United Airlines terminal.

 

It's not clear at this stage if Cruz and his family traveled to Mexico on Wednesday or how recently the photos were taken. While some Twitter users expressed skepticism and wanted to wait until all the facts were known, there was widespread criticism of Cruz from those who believed the claim was accurate.

 

More than 4 million Texas residents were left without power and heat after a major failure of the state's electrical grid this week. The body in charge of the grid, ERCOT, said they don't know when power will be fully restored

This is an article by: 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Minor earthquake strikes in Los Angeles area

Image
  A minor seismic tremor has given the Los Angeles region a pre-sunrise shaking.    The U.S. Land Survey says the focal point was only east of the Los Angeles International Airport, along Century Boulevard on the south side of Hollywood Park.    It additionally was generally profound, at 12 miles.    The shudder was recorded at 4.44 a.m. Monday nearby time. The USGS said light shaking was accounted for across the more prominent metropolitan region and no huge harm was normal.    A few foreshocks, the biggest being 3.3, gone before the shudder, and a progression of minuscule delayed repercussions followed. smdp.com  
Read more

Manchester City beat Dortmund in Champions League, Phil Foden strike made the differnce

Image
  Manchester City got a last-heave triumph against Borussia Dortmund in their Champions League quarterfinal first leg at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday night with a late goal from Phil Foden.   A poor Emre Can giveaway in midfield prompted Man City's first goal of the game as Kevin De Bruyne diverted Riyad Mahrez's cross past Marwin Hitz in the Dortmund goal to give his side the lead not long before 20 minutes.   Can's unpleasant night looked set to proceed with when he was whistled for punishment on City's Rodrigo, however the Germany international was rescued after a VAR check appeared there was a handball before his foul.   Dortmund hoped to have drawn level before half-time when Jude Bellingham confiscated Man City keeper Ederson and was left to take advantage of a vacant net, yet the arbitrator brutally whistled the 17-year-old for a foul on the play and Pep Guardiola's group took their one-goal lead into the break.   The guests confronted an...
Read more

Prince Philip, husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, passes away at 99

Image
LONDON — Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II's husband and the longest-serving consort of any British monarch, has died at age 99.   An assertion posted on the royal family's site Friday morning said: "It is with profound distress that Her Majesty The Queen declares the passing of her adored husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.   "His Royal Highness died peacefully today at Windsor Castle. Further declarations will made at the appropriate time. The Royal Family get together with individuals all throughout the planet in grieving his misfortune."   Philip went through 65 years supporting the sovereign, resigning from his public job in 2017 and staying largely out of the view since. In his dynamic years, he helped set another course for the monarchy under a young sovereign, advocating Britain itself, just as environmental causes, science and technology.   Philip's relationship with the young Princess Elizabeth started a...
Read more