Why Ted Cruz was so hated long before the Cancun incident

Having jetted off to Cancun as his state faced its worst winter disaster in decades, Senator Ted Cruz returned with his tail between his legs – and was met with fury from all sides. The famously divisive and aggressive senator may not be up for re-election until 2024, but there are signs that he may finally have gone too far.

Along with the expected protests at the airport and barrage of furious tweets, he faced the ire of his state’s largest newspaper, the Houston Chronicle, whose editorial board fired off a merciless editorial calling for his resignation. “As Texans froze, Ted Cruz got a ticket to paradise,” the paper wrote. “Paradise can have him.”

Whether or not Mr Cruz actually resigns over the ill-advised holiday – which he has called a mistake – it will stain his reputation forever. But then again, his reputation has been poor for years. In fact, he is famously one of the most disliked people in Congress, and not just by the other party.