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Ted Cruz claims he was being a 'good dad' for leaving Texas while millions were left without power

Telegraph, 19 Feb 2021
The #Texas senator Ted Cruz has claimed he was just being “a good dad” for taking a controversial family vacation in a sunny Mexican beach resort as his home state faced a deadly winter storm that left millions without power or water.

Read the full story here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/02/18/seven-million-texans-told-boil-water-infrastructure-collapses/

The firebrand Republican was returning to Houston from Cancun on Thursday following furious criticism of his trip and confirmation from the city’s police chief that officers were employed to help speed his passage through the airport before his outward flight the day before.

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