Ted Cruz Speaks Out Over Joe Biden’s Trip Throughout Winter Storm

Texas Senator Ted Cruz has weighed in on the conservative criticism of Joe Biden’s household trip to the U.S. Virgin Islands.

On Tuesday, Cruz tweeted a Fox Information clip discussing the president’s vacation plans with the caption: “Enjoy St. Croix,” adopted by palm tree, cocktail and sunshine emojis.

The White Home has defended the holiday and mentioned the president will nonetheless be working through the interval. The Bidens will return to Washington D.C. on January 2.

“Regardless of the place the President is, he’s working,” a White Home spokesperson informed Newsweek in a press release. “The President will proceed to intently monitor updates and can stay in shut contact with workers over the New Yr.”

Cruz’s tweet gave the impression to be a lighthearted nod to the criticism the Republican obtained for his journey to Cancun, Mexico, in February 2021 amid a lethal winter storm in Texas.

The senator got here underneath hearth for flying out to Cancun together with his household as Texas handled energy outages and no working water throughout freezing temperatures.

Cruz initially defended his actions by claiming that he flew to Cancun to “be a very good dad” after his daughters requested to go on a visit with buddies when faculty was canceled.

Upon his return to the U.S., Cruz admitted that he needed to spend a couple of extra days in Cancun, however got here again earlier amid the uproar.

“I did not need all of the screaming and yelling about this journey to distract even one second from the actual points that I feel Texans care about, which is protecting all of our households secure,” Cruz mentioned.

“It was clearly a mistake, and in hindsight, I would not have accomplished it,” the Republican added.

Leaked textual content messages later revealed that Cruz’s spouse Heidi had deliberate the journey for the complete household on quick discover as a result of their house was “FREEZING!” through the winter storm.

Biden and the primary girl Jill Biden left on Tuesday to St. Croix to herald the New Yr having celebrated Christmas within the White Home. The Bidens have steadily visited the U.S. territory located within the Caribbean, and went on trip there least yearly between 2009 and 2017.

Biden spent his Christmas trip in his house state of Delaware in 2020 and 2021 due to journey restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, with this yr’s go to being his first as president.

Biden was criticized by a lot of different Republican figures for his trip overseas at a time of freezing temperatures throughout the U.S., leaving dozens lifeless.

“The optics of this are horrible,” conservative commentator Michele Tafoya informed Fox Information on Tuesday. “Not solely is it a trip, nevertheless it’s someplace heat and exquisite whereas others are freezing, actually, to dying.”