Alberta-Born Ted Cruz Embarrasses Canada With Mexico Trip
Huff PostAnother Canadian-born politician is under fire for taking a vacation to a sunny destination while his constituents suffer through a crisis. This time, it’s Calgary-born Texas senator Ted Cruz who was spotted boarding a plane to Cancun, Mexico Wednesday, while his state remains locked in a disastrous deep freeze with accompanying power outages. — Brandon Rylow February 18, 2021 With the ill-advised Mexico trip, Cruz does have something in common with his homeland — he joins a wave of Canadian politicians and staffers who were caught vacationing internationally over the winter holidays in late December despite explicit Canadian public health guidance not to do so and the onset of the dangerous second wave of COVID-19. Associated Press Senator Ted Cruz speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 13, 2021, on the fifth day of the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. Cruz’s state is still locked in the same global pandemic we’ve all been facing, but is also facing the compounding crisis of frigid temperatures paired with infrastructure failures that have led to widespread power outages.
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