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By Bob Brigham
Published February 18, 2021
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Text messages reportedly sent by Heidi Cruz as she planned a Cancun getaway with her husband, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) were leaked to The New York Times.
"Text messages sent from Ms. Cruz to friends and Houston neighbors on Wednesday revealed a hastily planned trip. Their house was 'FREEZING,' as Ms. Cruz put it and she proposed a getaway until Sunday. Ms. Cruz invited others to join them at the Ritz-Carlton in Cancún, where they had stayed "many times," noting the room price this week ($309 per night) and its good security. The text messages were provided to The New York Times and confirmed by a second person on the thread, who declined to be identified because of the private nature of the texts," the newspaper reported.
Cruz is a managing director at Goldman Sachs.
https://www.rawstory.com/ted-cruz-cancun-2650616534/
Resign.............
walkingman
(7,628 posts)trueblue2007
(17,228 posts)exboyfil
(17,863 posts)We are having some tasty tacos.
JI7
(89,252 posts)than attacking California and other liberal places in hid years in office.
underpants
(182,829 posts)An asshole in a snowstorm.
riversedge
(70,242 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,768 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)Ted Cruz with Melania's jacket.
enid602
(8,620 posts)I sw Ted just now on TV, trying to explain the trip. The weasel looked and sounded just like Mr. Haney from Green Acres.
magicarpet
(14,155 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,927 posts)Silly - that would be the honorable thing to do - and we all know that there is NOTHING honorable about Senator Ted Cruz!
Blue Owl
(50,423 posts)CentralMass
(15,265 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,564 posts)All they want is the barest minimum of plausibility. "OK, for the sake of argument, let's say that your explanation holds water in some version of reality. Good enough?"
tanyev
(42,566 posts)Bobstandard
(1,312 posts)For a moment, when his aides told him how bad the optics were, Cruz recognized his mistake. But as he proposed and now repeats his absurd justification, he begins to believe it. For Ted, those self serving lies are passing through the lie/truth brain barrier into the realm of absolute certainty, right about...now.
Expect a lifetime of full throated defense on the one hand, and a victim of cancel culture lamentation on the other.
Gothmog
(145,321 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,564 posts)When did this happen?
malaise
(269,054 posts)the required quarantines.
lunasun
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UpInArms
(51,284 posts)BannonsLiver
(16,396 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,492 posts)but not so convenient for the everyday folks in Texas.
These Rethugs have liquid hubris running out of their ears.....
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Cruz was first elected on November 6, 2012.
So yeah, funny how that all worked out.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,492 posts)And possibly fired the day after he resigns or gets beat.......
Thanks........
Iggo
(47,558 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,736 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,492 posts)to pack up for a trip to Cancun with wealthy friends.......
KY.......
GeorgeGist
(25,321 posts)sizes.
Mariana
(14,858 posts)he certainly got it right when he dubbed Cruz "Lyin' Ted".
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(1,967 posts)April Fools Day falls on a Saturday. But yes, he got it right about Flyin' (and Lyin') Ted.
Hilarious to read that their "friends" and neighbors are dropping dimes on them right and left!
Politicub
(12,165 posts)torius
(1,652 posts)is $290 for a WEEK of hard work. Less than one night at the Ritz-Carlton Cancun, where they frequently stay. Such a man of the people.
dalton99a
(81,515 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,794 posts). . .if you're not into winter. . .and the voters you disdain. . .
. . .if your political career. . .goes circling down the drain. . .
. . .better stay out of Texas. . .if you've got half a brain. . .
etc.
MustBeTheBooz
(269 posts)Prof. Toru Tanaka
(1,967 posts)very good line that flows perfectly!
bamagal62
(3,264 posts)It away because this years been so hard on his children. They just wanted to go somewhere. So, can all the other kids that have had a tough year go to the Ritz Carlton in Cancun? Jeez.
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)We ALL want to go somewhere -but don't because" a) We are in a pandemic. b) The people in Texas are stuck and c) many can't afford to just jump on a plane to someplace sunny and warm. What an entitled prick!
Takket
(21,577 posts)Mendocino
(7,495 posts)"whine" doesn't freeze.
jalan48
(13,870 posts)sfdennis1
(31 posts)Of course not....but when he "called her ugly" if he had specified that he meant ugly ON THE INSIDE, he would have been closer to 'right' than he's ever been before.
struggle4progress
(118,295 posts)speak easy
(9,259 posts)Meowmee
(5,164 posts)They will most likely keep voting him into office.