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marmar

(77,092 posts)
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 12:43 PM Feb 2021

So apparently Ted Cruz is asking the Police to guard him on arrival at the Houston Airport?

https://www.rawstory.com/ted-cruz-cancun-2650611169/?


Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is flying home amid widespread outrage over his decision to fly to Cancun while millions of his residents are freezing amid mass power outages.

Now ABC News reporter Ben Siegel brings word that Cruz's staff reached out to the Houston Police Department to see if they could supply personnel to help the senator make his way out of Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport. .................(more)
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leftieNanner

(15,172 posts)
6. I was going to call him an Arrogant Asshole
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 12:50 PM
Feb 2021

But Fucking Coward works too.

If he's so "smart" (lookin' at you Princeton and Harvard), how could he not know this would be a bad move??

KarenS

(4,088 posts)
9. 2 things,,,,
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 12:54 PM
Feb 2021

1. That sense of entitlement runs deep.
2. Don't they get that Police Departments are Socialism? Get some private protection!!

yellowcanine

(35,701 posts)
8. Doesn't the HPD need all hands on deck to address humanitarian needs in Houston?
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 12:51 PM
Feb 2021

Ted Cruz manages to expose his political tin ear once again.

sweetloukillbot

(11,087 posts)
13. I read the story as he was being escorted TO the airport yesterday for his departure
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 01:18 PM
Feb 2021

Unless this is new reporting tied to the rumours he's coming back from vacation already

marlakay

(11,500 posts)
14. I think he is coming back early because of
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 01:19 PM
Feb 2021

Backlash, but how could he think people would not find out?

bullwinkle428

(20,631 posts)
15. Someone posted a photo in a different thread, with 2 Houston PD cops
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 01:20 PM
Feb 2021

standing just a few feet away from him before his departure.

mindem

(1,580 posts)
16. He needs to get up off of his lazy ass
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 01:23 PM
Feb 2021

pull up his bootstraps and protect himself. Set an example Teddy Boy.

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