
"Anyone can or want to leave for the week? We may go to Cancun, there is a direct flight at 445pm and hotels with capacity.

"Is everyone warm? That's a must! We could all huddle in one house, had heat," the text said. Ted Cruz (R-TX) continues to do damage control over his ill-timed trip to Cancun during a once-in-a-lifetime disaster in Texas, text messages purporting to show his wife.
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In one text, a contact identified in screenshots with her name said her family was staying with a neighbor who had power and then suggested a trip to Cancún. A series of text messages appear to show the Lone Star senator's wife, Heidi Cruz, talking to neighbors about a getaway to Cancun as the state suffers the worst storm in its history in February 2021. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), took a leading role in attempting to organize a nearly weeklong escape to Cancun with friends at the Ritz-Carlton while Texas plunged into a cold weather crisis, group text messages obtained by The New York Times revealed Thursday. In a group chat with a name referring to the street the Cruz family lives on, Heidi Cruz appeared to take an active role in planning the getaway. Insider also obtained the messages but could not independently corroborate their authenticity. 'Anyone can or want to leave for the week We may go to Cancun, there is a direct flight at 445pm and hotels with capacity. Photos of Cruz and his wife, Heidi, boarding the flight ricocheted quickly across social media and left both his political allies and rivals aghast at a tropical trip as a disaster unfolded at home. The New York Times said it confirmed the messages' authenticity through communications with two people on the thread. The firestorm over Senator Ted Cruz’s decision to fly to Cancun amid the Texas power and water disaster this week intensified late Thursday when leaked group chats between Cruz’s wife, Heidi. The text said: 'Is everyone warm That's a must We could all huddle in one house, name's had heat. The text messages do not mention Cruz's stated explanation for the trip, which he pinned to his daughters' request for a getaway during a school break.

Ted Cruz's wife, Heidi Cruz, talking to neighbors about a getaway to Cancún, Mexico, this week as Texas endured freezing temperatures and widespread power outages. Ted Cruz (R) on Tuesday said that his wife, Heidi Cruz, was pretty pissed, over group text messages leaked to The New York Times last week that showed she invited friends. A series of new text messages appear to show Sen.
