Ted Really Needs To Stay Off Twitter

Update...Rich, out of touch Republican abandons constituents during worst storm in a generation for some beach time in Mexico.

This really has to be Ted’s worst week on Twitter. #cancuncruz #flyinTed https://t.co/OBP3T7Kmj3

— Zach Leiwant (@ZachLeiwant) February 18, 2021

pic.twitter.com/GXIXRzLOVR

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) February 18, 2021

And then it gets better:

Ted Cruz asks Houston cops to help him get out of airport as Texans rage over Cancun trip: report https://t.co/dK6HbYYuUm

— Raw Story (@RawStory) February 18, 2021

The Houston airports were closed for several days, which makes this even worse, IMHO. As soon as they re-open, Ted scurries out of the country, only to return because social media has burned his ass. Always a good look, no?

Wait, he has an excuse!

'I was only there to get directions *away* from there.' pic.twitter.com/ksDfsSEUHn

— Paulyboy (@_infinitejest) February 18, 2021

So, his family couldn't fly without him? Sure, and I didn't put my wife and infant daughter on a train to Texas because we all couldn't afford to travel for Thanksgiving that year. I couldn't go with her to help with the young Golden Child, but Cruz has to be sure his family gets to the Mexican resort before he hastens home again? Of course! Who wouldn't?

And apparently this is why he needed HPD to come to the airport:

*Ted Cruz steps off an airplane in Houston*

*Strolls to a podium surrounded by reporters*

"People of Texas," he begins, "I tracked the people who stole the 2020 election to Cancun. But I'm sad to inform you that they got away because the liberal media warned them I was coming."

— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) February 18, 2021

But in keeping with our theme, Ted Cruz REALLY needs to stay off Twitter:

Two-and-a-half months before he left for Cancun amid brutal conditions in Texas, Cruz tweeted this: https://t.co/EPH2rVXpVM

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 18, 2021

And now he blames his daughters because, apparently, his wife couldn't go with them? And his office couldn't say anything about this until now?

Statement from Sen. @tedcruz on his trip to Mexico as millions in his state were without power, heat, and water
(story: https://t.co/1NRMfJGEOy) pic.twitter.com/goWaYd4fDV

— Betsy Klein (@betsy_klein) February 18, 2021

Sure, Ted. Dinesh believes you. The rest of us just think you're an asshole.

If Ted Cruz were an ordinary dude, and he did a Mexico roundtrip in less than 17 hours, the DEA would be waiting on his lawn when he got home.

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) February 18, 2021

True.