Sen. Ted Cruz has released photos of himself on Twitter delivering water and meeting with Texans amid growing controversy over Republican lawmakers leaving for tropical Cancun last week while his voters in the Lone Star State suffered a freezing, widespread power outage and burst pipes that flooded homes.
The pictures, posted to his Twitter account On Saturday, the protesting senator showed up carrying a casket of water to several vehicles and shook a person by hand.
He wrote ‘Texas Strong’ in the tweet.
Cruz, whose family returned from Cancun on Saturday, also linked to a FEMA statement, pointing out that the White House approved a major disaster statement in 77 Texas counties and added information where people can apply for federal aid.
He also linked to a tweet from the City of Austin that it had received 10,878 boxes of water to distribute.
But critics mocked Cruz’s tweets and showed how he was helping in Texas.
“I am glad that someone in Ted Cruz’s Senate office has finally instructed him to falsify compassion, humanity and create the illusion that he cares about the people he is elected to serve,” he posted. Melissa Ryan.
Another social media user posted photos of Cruz on the passenger plane as he opted for the flight to Cancun for a “nice-in-the-sun” vacation while his Texas voters literally froze to death in their homes . “
“Too late Ted,” @ Newfie423 wrote.
Others pointed out that Beto O’Rourke, who lost nail-bitingly to Cruz in 2018, and rep. Alexandria used Ocasio-Cortez to raise millions of dollars and help the Texans, even if the fallout was for Cruz for his Mexican getaway.
Cruz flew back to Houston on Thursday, a day after he and his family were taken off on a plane for Cancun, and text messages from his wife, Heidi, revealed that they had told friends they were leaving the “freezing” weather again and en route to the Ritz-Carlton Resort in Cancun.
Initially, Cruz said he was only accompanying his daughters and their friends on the flight and plans to return immediately.
He later finally admitted that he planned to stay with his family there until Saturday.
An estimated 70 people have died in the U.S. due to winter weather, with the majority of deaths in Texas.