Texas Sen. Ted Cruz revealed that his wife is “pretty pissed” that her group chat where she proposed the Cancun getaway were released publicly.
The Republican senator, who traveled to Mexico with his family last week as his home state of Texas was in the midst of historic winter storms and power grid failures, explained his wife Heidi’s feelings about the incident on Tuesday.
“I will say Heidi’s pretty pissed at that,” Ted Cruz, 50, said about his wife on the Ruthless podcast.
“Here’s a suggestion: just don’t be a——-,” he added. “Like, just, you know, treat each other as human beings have some degree, some modicum of respect.”
Photos of Cruz in the airport and on the plane to Mexico surfaced, drawing outrage across the political spectrum. After hours of silence from the lawmaker and his office, Cruz released a statement chalking up the trip to “wanting to be a good dad,” given they were without heat and power and school was canceled.
As he returned from the short-lived vacation, Cruz said the trip was “obviously a mistake,” and added, “In hindsight, I wouldn’t have done it.”
Heidi Cruz said in the group chat their house was “FREEZING,” and she invited friends to join them at the Ritz-Carlton in Cancun, where they had stayed “many times,” and she noted that the rooms were $309 a night, according to the New York Times.
“Anyone can or want to leave for the week?” she asked in the chat. “We may go to Cancun,” but when no one jumped on the offer, she added, “We have gas stove so at least we can heat water little that there is happy to help anyone we can too.”
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He also acknowledged that he planned on staying for a couple of days with his family and cut his trip short due to the backlash.
About 70 people died during the storm from hypothermia due to lack of heat, according to the Associated Press. A spokesman for Fort Worth area ambulance provider MedStar said that most of the hypothermia calls they received, including a peak of 77 on Feb. 17 during the power outage, were from people in their own homes.
