Texas Senator Ted Cruz’s wife is reportedly bragging about the couple’s upcoming trip to sunny Cancun, Mexico, amid the “ICY” weather plaguing the Lone Star State – inviting several neighbors to join them. to travel.
The Republican lawmaker, who flew home on Thursday amid outrage over his trip during the once-in-a-lifetime storm, claims he only accompanied his daughters and their friends on the flight.
But leaked reports obtained by local news outlet Reform Austin reveal that his wife, Heidi, had invited friends and neighbors to a getaway at the Ritz-Carlton, where she noted that the price for a room was $ 309 plus tax.
‘Can or does someone want to go away for a week? We can go to Cancún, there are direct flights at 4:45 PM and hotels have capacity, ”she reportedly wrote early Wednesday, according to the outlet.
“Seriously. Covid test to come back, which we will take there,” she added.
“Are you warm enough…. We have a fireplace! Let us know. Our house is FREEZING, which is why we stuck with… .. could not stand it last night, ”Heidi Cruz reportedly wrote in the thread, which contained a few redacted words.
Reform Austin said it got the messages from a neighborhood group chat in River Oaks, the affluent neighborhood where the senator lives while in Houston.
Cruz, who has been berated for the trip as his state shivers from the catastrophic weather, shortened his trip to the Mexican resort by two days and returned Thursday.
In a previously published statement, he blamed his young daughters for the escape, saying he only escorted them to Mexico. After settling in the US, he apologized for the tone-deaf trip, but doubled down on his parenting skills.