'And all of us have made decisions - when you've got two girls who have been cold for two days, and haven't had heat or power, and they are saying: 'Look, we don't have school, why don't we go, let's get out of here.'' 'It was obviously a mistake and in hindsight I wouldn't have done it,' he said, speaking on arrival at home in Houston. I was trying to be a dad. In saying yes to my daughters to somehow diminish all the Texans that were going through real hardship.'Ĭruz landed back in Houston on Thursday afternoon and said he 'regrets' flying to Cancun in the middle of the state's energy crisis for a vacation - but insisted he was 'just trying to be a dad'.
It's unfortunate, the fire storm that came from it. I was trying to take care of my family. I was trying to take care of my kids. Lets go with some of our friends and lets get out of here and lets go somewhere warm." And Heidi and I said. On Thursday night, Cruz doubled down on the excuse, telling ABC 13 during an interview at his Houston home: 'They said, "Look, lets take a trip. And Heidi and I, as parents, we said OK, sure,' he told Sean Hannity. 'My girls said school's been cancelled, can we take a trip and go somewhere warm. In an interview on Thursday night, Ted admitted he regretted going. They left behind their dog - Snowflake - which was spotted by a reporter staring forlornly out of the front door on Thursday, before the Senator arrived back home. Their daughters were never referenced in the exchange. Hours later, the Cruzes were at the airport. Heidi, a managing director in Goldman Sachs' Houston office, also asked their friends: 'Are you guys warm enough? We have a fireplace! Let us know. One of the other mothers replied: 'Cancun Cabo even Boston sounds amazing!!! I would live (sic) to go but not freezing under the down comforter with hot chilies and a hoodie and sadly I can't leave or my mother in law.'
Heidi then booked the family's flights and informed the group and told them where they planned to stay: 'Ritz Carlton. Sounds so wonderful.' Another said: We are supposed to go to Cabo Friday.' Covid test to come back which we will take there.'Īnother mother responded: 'We are now thinking along those lines. On Wednesday morning, she wrote: 'Anyone can or want to leave for the week? We may go to Cancun there is a direct flight at 445pm and hotels w capacity. Water problems, he said, were impacting about 14.3 million residents out of a total population of around 29 million, as officials distributed fresh water and food to thousands of people. 'Due to lack of power, frozen pipes, high use at certain times, we've seen the number of systems go up that are reporting (water) issues,' Toby Baker, executive director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality told reporters during a televised briefing. Meanwhile, millions in Texas are still struggling Saturday without safe, drinkable water. The family appeared to be met by a security detail, but the senator was nowhere to be seen. She had no comment when quizzed on the trip, how their dog Snowflake was after he was reportedly left at home and whether she thought their vacation had ruined her husband's political career. He then said in a statement he had flown to Mexico 'to be a good dad' and accompany his family and their friends.Īs Heidi marched out of the airport with her kids and an unidentified boy - all of whom were wearing masks - asked her several questions, all of which she refused to answer. On Wednesday, the family was spotted getting on a United flight from Houston to Cancun, but less than 24 hours the senator took a flight back to Houston after receiving worldwide backlash for fleeing the state of Texas amid a statewide crisis. The 48-year-old, dressed casually in blue jeans, white long-sleeved shirt, black vest and espadrilles was seen leaving George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston at around 6pm after the heavily criticized trip. Heidi Cruz and their two daughters arrived back into storm-ravaged Texas Saturday night after their three-day jaunt to Cancun, Mexico - but it appears husband Ted chose not to escort them home from the airport.
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