Oh, caramba!
A mariachi band showed up outside Senator Ted Cruz’s home on Sunday to try to drive him a little loco after his widely condemned jaunt to Cancun, Mexico.
The five musicians – dressed in sombreros and charro outfits – filled the air with traditional music, most notably the staccato sounds of very loud trumpets, according to a video on Twitter shown on WTRF.
Adam Jama, of Carrollton, Texas, set up a GoFundMe page for the band to get the controversial wrist rattled – and donations to Texas Children’s Hospital.
Senator Cruz, who was a wonderful father, deposed his family in Cancún in the midst of a major crisis and returned to Texas to continue serving his constituents. We would like to thank Senator Cruz for his leadership and pay for a great Mariachi band to perform for him. No one should go to Cancun and not listen to Mariachi, ”reads the seemingly ironic page, who raised $ 300 from its $ 1,000 goal.
One woman donated $ 25 “in memory of Ted Cruz.”
The post on Twitter met with mixed reactions, with several people expressing doubts about protesting outside his Houston home with the impromptu performance.
‘If I’m being honest I’m not sure how I feel about this. No doubt @SenTedCruz
deserves this, ” one user wroteHowever, his children are his pawns and the ones he throws under the bus. Nonetheless, they are impeccable and shouldn’t be bothered even if it’s funny. “
Another wrote: “Not a good idea when his kids are at home, they can’t help it that their father is Ted Cruz.”
A third named Cruz’s poor pup, who he left home alone on his way to the warm refuge during the winter storm that confused his condition.
“Snowflake loves mariachi music”, the user said
On Sunday, Cruz was in full damage management mode when he posted photos of himself on Twitter providing water and meeting Texans in the midst of the controversy.
Cruz flew back to Houston on Thursday, a day after he and his family were photographed aboard a plane to Cancun and text messages from his wife, Heidi, revealed they were telling friends they were leaving “FREE” again and on their way to the chic Ritz-Carlton resort.
At first he said he only escaped his daughters and their friends and intended to return immediately, but later admitted that he intended to stay there with his family until Saturday.