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turbinetree

(24,703 posts)
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 08:11 PM Feb 2021

'American hero' leaks Heidi Cruz text messages on Cancun trip to the NYT

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.............

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'American hero' leaks Heidi Cruz text messages on Cancun trip to the NYT (Original Post) turbinetree Feb 2021 OP
A disgusting human being. walkingman Feb 2021 #1
his new name is RUN AWAY TED trueblue2007 Feb 2021 #42
Let them eat cake exboyfil Feb 2021 #2
Maybe her shitty husband should have focused on helping his state JI7 Feb 2021 #3
Oh how beautifully delicious underpants Feb 2021 #4
Ted C. made a bad decision his lying just digs him in deeper. riversedge Feb 2021 #5
They might as well be wearing jackets that say "I really don't care, do you?" Midnight Writer Feb 2021 #6
Oh please, someone smarter than me make a photoshop of your suggestion. panader0 Feb 2021 #18
Mr Haney enid602 Feb 2021 #7
Here ya go.... magicarpet Feb 2021 #35
"Resign?" MyOwnPeace Feb 2021 #8
Like anyone believed Ted's flimsy, slimy cover stories anyway Blue Owl Feb 2021 #9
If his lips are moving.... CentralMass Feb 2021 #12
His supporters, and all their fellow travelers, don't need cover stories they can believe in. BobTheSubgenius Feb 2021 #44
Heh. tanyev Feb 2021 #10
Cruz has already begun to believe his bs.. Bobstandard Feb 2021 #11
The Cruzes' friends and neighbors are ratting them out Gothmog Feb 2021 #13
Bwah! BootinUp Feb 2021 #32
They have friends? BobTheSubgenius Feb 2021 #45
They gave not a thought to the pandemic or malaise Feb 2021 #14
Imagine these people in TX reading that Cruz text message lunasun Feb 2021 #15
Awwwwww .... she was cold! UpInArms Feb 2021 #16
I'd peg the chances he resigns at roughly 0.000000 BannonsLiver Feb 2021 #17
How convenient for Golden Sacks to employ a senator's wife.... KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2021 #19
She was appointed to the position on November 15, 2012 Major Nikon Feb 2021 #23
+1. KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2021 #24
Now THERE'S some bad optics! Iggo Feb 2021 #31
Big ole houses with cathedral ceilings must be impossible to heat. Baitball Blogger Feb 2021 #20
Yes, but it's the swimming pool, water garden and hot tub equipment that is really hard.... KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2021 #22
Deplorables come in all ... GeorgeGist Feb 2021 #21
As much as I hate to give credit to Trump for anything Mariana Feb 2021 #25
Trump is right about something about as often as Prof. Toru Tanaka Feb 2021 #40
Lordy there are texts! Politicub Feb 2021 #26
Minimum wage of $7.25 x 40 hours torius Feb 2021 #27
Kick dalton99a Feb 2021 #28
If you like pina coladas. . .getting caught on a plane. . . DinahMoeHum Feb 2021 #29
Very nicely done! eom MustBeTheBooz Feb 2021 #36
"if you're not into winter" Prof. Toru Tanaka Feb 2021 #41
And, they way that he tried to explain bamagal62 Feb 2021 #30
"They just wanted to go somewhere." FFS Marie Marie Feb 2021 #34
but please.... do go on about "elitist Democrats" Takket Feb 2021 #33
Sure hope that the Mendocino Feb 2021 #37
When you're privileged you deserve special things. jalan48 Feb 2021 #38
Was Trump Right? sfdennis1 Feb 2021 #39
When the going gets tough, Ted cruises to Cancun struggle4progress Feb 2021 #43
'Flyin Ted' speak easy Feb 2021 #46
Sad thing is Meowmee Feb 2021 #47

JI7

(89,252 posts)
3. Maybe her shitty husband should have focused on helping his state
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 08:13 PM
Feb 2021

than attacking California and other liberal places in hid years in office.

panader0

(25,816 posts)
18. Oh please, someone smarter than me make a photoshop of your suggestion.
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 09:21 PM
Feb 2021

Ted Cruz with Melania's jacket.

enid602

(8,620 posts)
7. Mr Haney
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 08:18 PM
Feb 2021

I sw Ted just now on TV, trying to explain the trip. The weasel looked and sounded just like Mr. Haney from Green Acres.

MyOwnPeace

(16,927 posts)
8. "Resign?"
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 08:19 PM
Feb 2021

Silly - that would be the honorable thing to do - and we all know that there is NOTHING honorable about Senator Ted Cruz!

BobTheSubgenius

(11,564 posts)
44. His supporters, and all their fellow travelers, don't need cover stories they can believe in.
Sat Feb 20, 2021, 01:35 PM
Feb 2021

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?"

Bobstandard

(1,312 posts)
11. Cruz has already begun to believe his bs..
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 08:28 PM
Feb 2021

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.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
19. How convenient for Golden Sacks to employ a senator's wife....
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 09:28 PM
Feb 2021

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)
23. She was appointed to the position on November 15, 2012
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 09:45 PM
Feb 2021

Cruz was first elected on November 6, 2012.

So yeah, funny how that all worked out.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
22. Yes, but it's the swimming pool, water garden and hot tub equipment that is really hard....
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 09:39 PM
Feb 2021

to pack up for a trip to Cancun with wealthy friends.......


KY.......

Mariana

(14,858 posts)
25. As much as I hate to give credit to Trump for anything
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 10:04 PM
Feb 2021

he certainly got it right when he dubbed Cruz "Lyin' Ted".

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(1,967 posts)
40. Trump is right about something about as often as
Fri Feb 19, 2021, 04:19 PM
Feb 2021

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!

torius

(1,652 posts)
27. Minimum wage of $7.25 x 40 hours
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 10:17 PM
Feb 2021

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.

DinahMoeHum

(21,794 posts)
29. If you like pina coladas. . .getting caught on a plane. . .
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 10:29 PM
Feb 2021

. . .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.

bamagal62

(3,264 posts)
30. And, they way that he tried to explain
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 10:30 PM
Feb 2021

It away because this year’s 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)
34. "They just wanted to go somewhere." FFS
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 11:11 PM
Feb 2021

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!

sfdennis1

(31 posts)
39. Was Trump Right?
Fri Feb 19, 2021, 04:00 PM
Feb 2021

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.

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