Sen.Ted Cruzhanded out water to residents in Texas over the weekend after he received backlash for hisdecision to vacation in Cancún, Mexico, with his family as thestate battled snowstorms.
Cruz, 50, shared a series of photos on Instagram and Twitter Saturday that featured the Republican politician loading cases of water bottles into cars. Millions of Texas residents are still suffering without electricity, heat, clear water and food due to winter storm Uri.
Cruz, who wore a mask in the photos, could also be seen greeting on Texas resident in one of the photos. “#Texasstrong,” he captioned the series of photos.
Ted Cruz.Ted Cruz/Instagram
Therules, pegged to CDC guidelines, were sent to parents on Jan. 30.
A spokesman for Cruz told the outlet that the senator’s “daughters plan to follow the St. John’s policy.”
A spokesperson for Cruz’s office did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Sen. Ted Cruz.Jonathan Newton-Pool/Getty
“Now I’m in a little bit of hot water, which I’m told is a thing no one in Texas has,” Bryant’s Cruz joked to cast member Chloe Fineman’s Britney Spears,Pete Davidson’s Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Cecily Strong’s Gina Carano.
Then, in a Weekend Update skit,Colin JostandMichael Chekept the jokes coming about the Texas senator. “If you hate Ted Cruz, this was a pretty fun week,” said Jost. “And if you like Ted Cruz, then you’re Ted Cruz.”
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“Whether the decision to go was tone-deaf — look, it was obviously a mistake,” he said. “In hindsight, I wouldn’t’ve done it.”
“I was trying to be a dad,” Cruz said. In video footage of the senator speaking to reporters, protesters can be heard chanting for his resignation in the background.
After more than 12 hours of silence from Cruz and his aides as to his whereabouts when he was first spotted with his family at a Houston airport on Wednesday night, the senator’s initial statements seemed to suggest that the international trip had been pre-planned.
According to theTimes' report, Cruz’s wife Heidi texted friends and neighbors asking if they’d like to join the family on a quick trip to Cancún for the rest of the week to get out of the “FREEZING” house.
“Anyone can or want to leave for the week?” she said, according to theTimes. “We may go to Cancún,” she wrote, later adding, “seriously.”
No one on the text thread opted to join, theTimesreported.
source: people.com
