Texas Sen. Ted Cruz acknowledged on Thursday that he had traveled to Mexico for a family vacation this week, leaving his home state as thousands of constituents struggled without power or safe drinking water after a powerful winter storm. “My staff and I are in constant communication with state and local leaders to get to the bottom of what happened in Texas,” Cruz said. “That’s something that he has to answer to his constituents about,” state Republican Party Chairman Allen West said when asked whether Cruz’s travel was appropriate while Texans are without power and water. Cruz was a leading Republican voice even before he ran for president in 2016. Sen. Cruz: Resign,” reads billboards put up across Texas by the anti-Trump Republican Accountability Project.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 18, 2021 16:27 UTC