Ted Cruz is touring out of Texas days earlier than a winter storm is anticipated to hit

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is touring out of Texas days earlier than a winter storm is projected to hit the Lone Star State, his workplace confirmed to Houston Public Media whereas noting that Cruz is anticipated to be again within the state earlier than the storm hits.

Cruz, a Republican, has been criticized in recent times for leaving Texas or being out of the state throughout climate emergencies.

“Senator Cruz is currently on pre-planned work travel that was scheduled weeks in advance,” a spokesperson for Cruz mentioned Wednesday. “He will be back in Texas before the storm is projected to hit.”

A photograph showing to depict Cruz boarding a aircraft, reportedly heading to Laguna Beach, California, was circulating on social media on Wednesday.

Asked by a Houston Public Media reporter if Cruz’s workplace might verify whether or not he was flying to Laguna Beach, a spokesperson mentioned, “You have the tweet with the pic.”

An arctic cold front is anticipated to push its means into Texas late this week, with probabilities for freezing rain and ice in a number of components of the state.

In 2021, previous to the deadly winter storm that left thousands and thousands with out electrical energy, Cruz was spotted flying to Cancún. He later mentioned in a press release that he did so “wanting to be a good dad.”

Last July, when the lethal floods struck Kerrville and Central Texas, Cruz had been vacationing in Greece and “took the first flight home,” based on his workplace.

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