21K views · 1.2K reactions | The fundamental choice here is do we want people working or not? What Speaker Pelosi and the Democrats want is to pay people not to work because they believe cynically that’s how they will elect a President Biden. That’s a terrible outcome for our country. | Senator Ted Cruz | Facebook

UPDATE: Sen. Ted Cruz has returned to Houston from his short trip to Cancun. More: https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/texas/reports-sen-ted-cruz-traveled-to-cancun-while-texans-suffer-through-deadly-winter-storm-crisis/285-fb30d9f4-658c-4511-a6c5-b5c7e1d7c84a | KHOU 11 News

35K views · 610 reactions | Senator Ted Cruz addressed his trip to Cancun, Mexico. He said, "I started having second thoughts almost the moment I sat down on the plane." Cruz and his family flew to Mexico during the ongoing winter storm that has left millions of Texans without power. | KDKA-TV | CBS Pittsburgh | Facebook

13K views · 212 reactions | Senator Ted Cruz flew into a storm of criticism over a trip he took to the Mexican resort city of Cancun while his home state of Texas grappled with a deadly deep freeze https://reut.rs/3dA5q2l | Reuters | Facebook