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'FREEZING' Houston: Leaked texts contradict senator's claim he was indulging his daughters with vacation as he returns to find protesters outside his home

• Texts sent by Heidi Cruz were published on Thursday showing her complaining about her 'FREEZING' home
• Ted Cruz's wife shared the family's flight details with friends and urged them to join them for the four nights
• The Texas senator has said his daughters begged him to take them out of the cold on Wednesday
• His wife's texts seem to suggest that it was she, rather than the children, determined to escape
• Ted Cruz has admitted he regrets his decision to fly to Cancun for the $309-a-night break during the storm
• 'It was obviously a mistake and in hindsight I wouldn't have done it,' he said, speaking at his home Thursday
• Cruz landed back in Houston on Thursday night and was given a police escort as he left the airport
• On Wednesday night, Ted Cruz was pictured at Houston airport with Heidi and their children, 10 and 12
• Sources initially said it was a pre-planned family vacation he decided to go on, but that is no longer their story
• Criticism of the trip erupted on Thursday morning: Cruz changed his plans and returned home after 24 hours
• This week, as many as 4.4 million Texans were without power thanks to a bungled response to a winter storm
• At least ten people have died trying to stay warm and a state of emergency has been declared

Ted Cruz's wife Heidi texted friends in Texas, it has emerged, urging them to join them in escaping the 'FREEZING' weather, in a trip that appears motivated by escaping the cold rather than appeasing their traumatized daughters.

Cruz enraged his state by fleeing in the midst of the worst snow storms to hit in decades, with the power failing for millions, and people left freezing in the subzero temperatures.

At least 24 people are known to have died in Texas.




On Thursday night, Cruz doubled down on the excuse, telling ABC 13 during an interview at his Houston home: 'They said, 'Look, lets take a trip. Lets go with some of our friends and lets get out of here and lets go somewhere warm.

'And Heidi and I said ... lets go.'

Asked directly what he was thinking, Cruz replied: 'You question what I was thinking, and ... I was trying to take care of my family.

'I was trying to take care of my kids. It's unfortunate, the fire storm that came from it. It was not my intention. In saying yes to my daughters to somehow diminish all the Texans that were going through real hardship.'

Yet Heidi's messages home to a group named '(Street name) Lovelies,' for the street they all live on, did not mention their daughters' plight.

The New York Times first reported the text messages, citing a person in the group and the original sender, who confirmed their authenticity.

'Anyone can or want to leave for the week? she asked her friends, in text messages obtained by American Bridge.

'We may go to Cancun there is a direct flight at 445pm and hotels w capacity.'

She then sent round the details of their flights to friends, confirming they were leaving on United flight 1020 on Wednesday, and returning on Sunday at 4:45pm, landing in Houston at 6:15pm.

'Ritz Carlton $309 plus tax,' she said.

She asked their friends: 'Are you guys warm enough? We have a fireplace! Let us know. Our house is FREEZING tho... we couldn't stand it anymore.'

Their daughters, 10 and 12, were never referenced in the partial exchange.

Ted Cruz was fiercely criticized for his jaunt, and swiftly returned on realizing the terrible PR move.

He landed back in Houston on Thursday afternoon and said he 'regrets' flying to Cancun in the middle of the state's energy crisis for a vacation - but insisted he was 'just trying to be a dad'.

'It was obviously a mistake and in hindsight I wouldn't have done it,' he said, speaking on arrival at home in Houston.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...zs-claim-indulging-daughters-Mexico-trip.html

 

Now I'm outraged! We will not stand for this!

Ted Cruz is slammed for leaving the family poodle Snowflake at home when he fled frigid Texas for luxury resort in Cancun

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...nowflake-fled-frigid-Texas-resort-Cancun.html

 

Blaming it on his daughter! Can't even take responsibility and just say he fucked up.