MEGA/GC Images/Getty Images Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) checks in for a flight at Cancun International Airport on Feb. 18, 2021, after backlash over his family vacation. Conservatives’ defenses of Sen. Ted Cruz’s decision to fly to Cancun, Mexico amid a pandemic and a humanitarian crisis in his home state of Texas are growing more absurd by the hour. “What could [Ted Cruz] do if he were here in Texas?” D’Souza pondered out loud on Twitter. If he’s in Cancun, that means he’s not using up valuable resources of energy, food and water that can now be used by someone else. If he’s in Cancun, that means he’s not using up valuable resources of energy, food and water that can now be used by someone else.

Source: Huffington Post February 18, 2021 20:24 UTC