There are few constants on this world… dying, taxes, and Sen. Ted Cruz humiliating himself with jokes concerning the time he ditched his fellow Texans and went to Cancun throughout a file chilly snap.
On Sunday, the smarmy Texas Republican despatched out a social media put up telling his constituents to take steps to guard themselves within the midst of a large chilly wave blasting a lot of the nation.
“Texans, with the freeze coming, wrap your pipes, cover your plants, stay off icy roads & keep your family safe,” Cruz mentioned, earlier than including this quip: “And, if it gets too damn cold, join me in Cancun!”
As you may see, the put up featured a clip of former “SNL” solid member Aidy Bryant portraying the Texas Senator sunning it up within the tropics.
The “joke” within the put up, after all, is the time Cruz ditched Texas in February 2021 for the a lot hotter environs of Cancun, Mexico, throughout a chilly spell that killed 246 Texans.
Cruz was slammed for leaving the state, which he later tried in charge on, relying on the day, his daughters, different mother and father in a Cancun group chat, and, after all, the media.
Although Cruz’ excuses had been justifiably mocked, the Texas Senator is constantly annoying sufficient that voters may neglect about it.
Except the Senator gained’t let it die. Besides citing Cancun in Sunday’s put up, he has made “jokes” about it on different events, comparable to final May, when he posted a photograph posing subsequent to a neon Cancun thermometer.
Not surprisingly, many customers of X mocked Cruz for joking about Cancun at a time when lots of his fellow residents are liable to freezing.
One particular person was not solely bothered by the tweet, however identified the Senator’s use of the Aidy Bryant clip may violate Texas legal guidelines in opposition to drag queens.
