AOC Raises $1M in Relief, Heading to Texas As Cruz Douses Cancun Flames.Defends Cruz Cancun Trip, Says Texas Crisis 'A Governor's Job' Ted Cruz Cancun Trip Prompts Wave of Mexico Border Wall Jokes.Kimmel continued: "Now, he was careful not to say he was planning to fly back this afternoon because he wasn't. Wanting to be a good dad, I flew down with them last night and am flying back this afternoon." In the statement Cruz put released on Thursday, the politician explained: "With school canceled for the week, our girls asked to take a trip with friends. Kimmel then had a field day ripping apart Cruz's statement explaining his reasons for traveling and said that his wife had even predicted that he would blame his daughters. "But why settle for just being the planet's biggest hypocrite when you can be a world-class liar too?" Kimmel also apprehended Cruz out for mocking California Governor Gavin Newsom for being "unable to perform even the basic functions of civilization, like having reliable electricity" when the state had power outages during last summer. "This is the guy who two months ago lashed out at the mayor of Austin for going to Mexico." "The hypocrisy is off the charts!" Kimmel raged. Cruz faces backlash for flying to Cancun this week. Senator Ted Cruz speaks to the press during the fifth day of the second impeachment trial of former US President Donald Trump at the US Capitol, on February 13, 2021, in Washington, DC. "They post all these pictures of him and there's so much backlash, he has no choice but to immediately book a flight home." "So, he loads his family onto a plane to get the hell out of town and, unfortunately, he's been on TV kissing Trump's ass so much and for so long, that everyone recognizes him even with a mask on," Kimmel mocked. When the photos were officially confirmed to be Cruz on the flight, Kimmel then unleashed on the senator. It was like I was in bed with Sherlock Holmes." So my wife spent two full hours studying images last night, matching up photos of his shoes, his mask, his wedding ring. "But, I didn't want to post until I knew for sure it was him," he said. Kimmel joked that he was unsure at first if the man photographed in the airport and onboard the plane was actually Cruz or "just a man with a terrible medical condition called 'looking Like Ted Cruz.'" "Well, there he is, snake on a plane right there! Headed, ironically, to the very place he tried to build a wall around."-a notion that has inspired a wave of border wall jokes on Twitter. Texas while his constituents are suffering?" Kimmel offered. Twitter user said: "Ted Cruz after hearing the ERCOT news," and shared an edited photo that appears to show Cruz holding suitcases."And where was Mr. Meanwhile, the power outages have sparked jokes and memes from social media users wondering how Cruz will react to the crisis, with many joking that the senator will flee the state. This is unusual for this early in the summer season." Now, Texas is facing a fresh crisis as ERCOT is urging residents to reduce electric use as much as possible today through Friday, June 18.Īccording to a press release, "a significant number of forced generation outages combined with potential record electric use for the month of June has resulted in tight grid conditions."ĮRCOT Vice President of Grid Planning and Operations Woody Rickerson said: "We will be conducting a thorough analysis with generation owners to determine why so many units are out of service. He later told ABC13: "In hindsight, if I had understood how it would be perceived, the reaction people would have, obviously I wouldn't have done it."Ĭruz said that he had had "second thoughts as soon as we left" and understood why people were "upset." Ted Cruz Mocks Kamala Harris' 'Monty Python' Leadership Over Border Crisis.Ted Cruz Mocks Microsoft Over Bing's Censorship of Tiananmen's 'Tank Man'.Ted Cruz Calls Biden 'Inhumane' After Video Shows Child Abandoned at Border.
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