Ted Cruz jokes about his Cancun trip in CPAC speech dubbed ‘unhinged’ by critics

Senator Ted Cruz's speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference was widely mocked, as critics called the wide ranging talk "embarrassing."

Mr Cruz worked his way through numerous topics, including a joke about his trip to Cancun while the millions of people in his home state of Texas faced massive power outages during single degree temperatures, his complaints about the media setting up a "new galactic empire" and complaints about mask usage during the pandemic a week after the US death count topped 500,000.

Critics viewed the speech as Mr Cruz's attempt to save face after his was widely criticised for leaving Texas during a state-wide power catastrophe, and viewed his rhetoric as his attempt to frame himself as a bomb-thrower in the same vein as Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene and Donald Trump Jr.

"Ted Cruz is embarrassing himself only to finish the 2024 GOP primary behind Marjorie Taylor Greene," one Twitter user commented.