Ted Cruz mocked for 'climate change tweet about "Texas freezing over"' after fleeing storm-battered state for Cancun
TED Cruz is the subject of ridicule after being accused of writing a tweet saying he will believe in climate change “when Texas freezes over”, as he flees the storm-battered state for Cancun.
Cruz is under fire for reportedly leaving his dog, Snowflake, at home during a deadly winter storm – as he and the rest of the family jetted off to Cancun.
The Texas senator has faced intense backlash for taking the trip by those who say he has deserted his people during one of the worst storms to hit Texas in the state's history.
Cruz landed back in Texas yesterday and had a police escort at the airport.
And now Twitter users have unearthed an alleged tweet from 2016 posted by Ted Cruz, claiming that he would “believe in climate change when Texas freezes over.”
The 'tweet' has gone viral on the website, as many have been slamming the senator for allegedly saying that climate change is a hoax.
A user tweeted: “Anyone ask Ted Cruz if he thinks climate change is still a hoax yet?”
Another added: “So I assume @tedcruz is ready to back climate change science and the green new deal now, he needs to get in touch with @AOC who also helped fundraise $1M in assistance for TX while he tried to flee to Mexico.”
A third chimed in: “Remember Seditionist Ted Cruz said he will believe in Climate Change when Texas freezes over. Oh well, Texas is frozen.”
Senator Cruz has yet to address the alleged tweet.
In response to those criticising his trip, Cruz has claimed he was merely acting as an escort for his pre-teen daughters and friends.
Like millions of his fellow Texans, his family had lost heat and water, he said.
Michael Hardy, a reporter for New York Magazine’s Intelligencer, said he decided to pay a visit to Cruz’s Houston home in the exclusive River Oaks neighborhood, where he spotted a white dog peering out a pane of glass in the front door.
“Is this Senator Cruz’s house?” the reporter asked a man who stepped out of a vehicle parked in the driveway.
The man, who identified himself as a security guard, said it was and that the Republican lawmaker wasn’t home, the NY Post reports.
When asked who was taking care of the animal, the guard said he was.
“Just drove by Ted Cruz’s house in Houston. His lights are off but a neighbor told me the block got its power back last night. Also, Ted appears to have left behind the family poodle,” he wrote.
Twitter users hit out at the embattled senator over his apparent decision to leave his dog at home.
SNOWFLAKE LEFT HOME ALONE
“Tell me they really didn’t leave that dog home alone,” one person wrote.
Another said: “That pooch deserves better,” another snarled.
Some users tagged the ASPCA and PETA, while others expressed some skepticism about the image.
“Where’s the snow and ice?” one said.
“I don’t think this is really @tedcruz house, where’s the snow?” added another.
“I tried to explain that after two sunny, 40-degree days, the snow and ice had melted, but some continued to insist the photo was fake,” Hardy wrote.
After dashing to a luxury resort in Mexico, Cruz landed back in Texas yesterday and had a police escort at the airport, where protesters held signs stating "24 dead" from the winter storm.
Speaking to reporters outside his house, Cruz admitted he made a mistake and insisted he was "just trying to be a dad."
AT LEAST 24 DEAD
"It was obviously a mistake and in hindsight I wouldn't have done it," Cruz said.
"I was trying to be a dad 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.''
Asked directly what he was thinking, Cruz replied: "You question what I was thinking, and… I was trying to take care of my family.
Due to snowstorm Uri, Texas has frozen over and temperatures dipped below zero.
At least 24 people had died, as Texas recorded its coldest spell in 30 years.
Officials in Harris County, Texas, reported more than 300 carbon monoxide poisoning cases after freezing residents used barbecues and generators indoors.
Emergency room doctor Samuel Prater told The Houston Chronicle: "With that number of patients going in, it's turning into a mini mass casualty event."
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