It was initially unclear whether Cruz always planned to return home so quickly or whether he changed his travel plans after his departure. "Wanting to be a good dad, I flew down with them last night and am flying back this afternoon," he said in the statement. Cruz has two daughters: a 12-year-old and 10-year-old. Initial news reports said Cruz was traveling to Cancún - where temperatures Wednesday were about 80 degrees - for a long-planned trip with his family and he was expected to return to Texas immediately.īut a statement from Cruz issued early Thursday said the trip was more last-minute and was planned when his daughters asked to take a trip with friends. ![]() "As it became a bigger and bigger firestorm, it became all the more compelling that I needed to come back." Ted Cruz says daughters asked for trip with friends "From the moment I sat on the plane, I begin really second-guessing that decision," Cruz said on Thursday evening. ![]() The backlash prompted Cruz to return early from his trip, where he said he had planned to "work remotely" until he realized that he was needed in Texas, according to video from the Washington Post. Ted Cruz boarded a plane to Cancún, Mexico.įellow passengers at the airport and onboard the plane snapped photos of the Texas Republican and shared them on social media Wednesday evening, prompting immediate backlash online from Texans still struggling with power outages and inspiring a call for his resignation from the Texas Democratic Party. ![]() Ted Cruz's Cancún tripĭays into an energy crisis that left millions of Texans without power and water amid freezing temperatures, U.S.
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