This storm must be going to be bad, ...

[marble falls]

... Ted Cruz is in San Diego.


Ted Cruz responds to photo of him en route to California before Texas winter storm


A spokesperson for U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz responded to online criticism after Cruz was spotted on a flight to California Tuesday, ahead of an arctic storm that is set to hit Texas this weekend, saying he was on a work trip scheduled weeks ago.

"He will be back in Texas before the storm is projected to hit," the spokesperson said in a statement.

A photograph of Cruz asleep on the flight began circulating early Wednesday morning, racking up 3.3 million views by midday. One X user wrote, "You can count on (Cruz) to be on a flight to somewhere warm and tropical and (sic) the first sign of Mother Nature."

Houston city officials warned residents Wednesday to ready for temperatures to dip this weekend into the low 20s or upper teens, along with wind chill in the low teens or single digits.

Cruz, a Texas Republican, has taken criticism for flying out of Texas around inclement weather before. In 2021 he flew to Cancun with his daughters following a winter storm that left millions of Texans without power, explaining he had "two girls who have been cold for two days and haven't had heater power, and they're saying, ‘Hey, look, we don't have school why don't we go, let's get out of here.'"

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"Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was spotted earlier today, January 20, 2026, on a plane heading to Laguna Beach as the state of Texas braces for a rare ice threat and arctic cold front," he wrote.

[Lovie777]

1. Maybe hit 40 states....................

Spoke with friends in Forth Worth, Tx and Peterburg, VA, they are stocking up and preparing for a really bad cold front.

I read Cruz from Texas is here in California. Ugh.

Here's praying that the state's grids hold up.

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Ok, So He Had A Scheduled Trip

Cancel it!
They are acting like nobody has ever canceled a business trip due to an emergency.
It's not impossible to reschedule.

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4. He scheduled the last trip, too. His office claims he'll be back in time for the storm. He'll wait until tonight when ..

... no one will be flying into Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas and be stuck in San Diego.

[tanyev]

3. If he's not back yet, then he can't guarantee he'll be back before the storm hits.

DFW and Love Field have already cancelled a lot of flights in preparation for the storm.

[marble falls]

5. Bingo, he'll claim he was trapped in San Diego, on the beach.