Conservatives trying their hardest to defend Ted Cruz are embarrassing America | Clemence...

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know the story by now. On Thursday, as Texas struggled through the fourth day of a deadly deep freeze, it emerged that Ted Cruz had… left. By his own admission, he flew his family for a family vacation in Cancun, Mexico, even as thousands in his home state – the one he’s supposed to represent and, presumably, care about just a little bit – remained without power or heat, with many struggling to access clean water and food.

Cruz contends he was merely accompanying his daughters after they asked to go on a trip with friends; media reports paint a different picture, with Cruz’s wife Heidi reportedly planning to trade the family’s “FREEZING” home for the Ritz-Carlton, according to texts obtained byThe New York Times.