Alberta-Born Ted Cruz Embarrasses Canada With Mexico Trip

Another Canadian-born politician is under fire for taking a vacation to a sunny destination while his constituents suffer through a crisis.

No, were not talking about Alberta cabinet ministers or Ontarios former finance minister .

This time, its Calgary-born Texas senator Ted Cruz who was spotted boarding a plane to Cancun, Mexico Wednesday, while his state remains locked in a disastrous deep freeze with accompanying power outages.

Cruz was born in Calgary and spent the first four years of his life in the true North strong and free before his family moved to Texas. He was a Canadian citizen until formally renouncing in 2014 ahead of his presidential campaign. Cruzs biggest memories of Canada are reportedly that it was cold ironic considering the current weather in his state.

I just want to point out the irony that Ted Cruz is from Calgary, a city that experiences this type of inelement weather 4 out of 12 months of the year.

Brandon Rylow (@brandonscript) February 18, 2021","type":"rich","meta":{"author":"Brandon Rylow","author_url":"https://twitter.com/brandonscript","cache_age":86400,"description":"I just want to point out the irony that Ted Cruz is from Calgary, a city that experiences this type of inelement weather 4 out of 12 months of the year. Brandon Rylow (@brandonscript) February 18, 2021\n\n","options":{"_maxwidth":{"label":"Adjust width","placeholder":"220-550, in px","value":""},"_theme":{"value":"","values":{"dark":"Use dark theme"}}},"provider_name":"Twitter","title":"Brandon Rylow on Twitter","type":"rich","url":"https://twitter.com/brandonscript/status/1362429508498776066","version":"1.0"},"flags":[],"enhancements":{},"fullBleed":false,"options":{"theme":"archive","device":"mobile","editionInfo":{"id":"us","name":"U.S.","link":"https://action.news","locale":"en_US"},"originalEdition":"ca","isMapi":false,"isAmp":false,"isVideoEntry":false,"isEntry":true,"isMt":false,"entryId":"602eaa64c5b673b19b66e7f3","entryPermalink":"https://action.news/archive/ca/entry/ted-cruz-canadian-travel-mexico_ca_602eaa64c5b673b19b66e7f3","entryTagsList":"news,alberta,travel,calgary,politics,canada,us-politics,ted-cruz,@instantarticle,@newsletter-politics2","sectionSlug":"politics","deptSlug":null,"sectionRedirectUrl":null,"subcategories":"news,alberta","isWide":false,"headerOverride":null,"noVideoAds":false,"disableFloat":false,"isNative":false,"commercialVideo":{"provider":"custom","site_and_category":"us.politics","package":null},"isHighline":false,"vidibleConfigValues":{"cid":"60afc111dcf87c2cd2f5d8bf","overrides":{"front_page_top_videos":{"desktop":"60b64354b171b7444beaff4d","mobileweb":"60b64354b171b7444beaff4d"},"top_media":{"desktop":"60b8e6bdc5449357a7ada147","mobile":"60b8e701c5449357a7ada2ee","iphone":"60b8e643cdd90620331bb1f6","ipad":"60b8e643cdd90620331bb1f6","androidphone":"60b8e699c5449357a7ada04c","androidtablet":"60b8e699c5449357a7ada04c"},"anthology":{"desktop":"60b8e616cdd90620331bb0ba","mobile":"60b8e671c5449357a7ad9f66","iphone":"60b8e643cdd90620331bb1f6","ipad":"60b8e643cdd90620331bb1f6","androidphone":"60b8e699c5449357a7ada04c","androidtablet":"60b8e699c5449357a7ada04c"},"content":{"desktop":"60b8e616cdd90620331bb0ba","mobile":"60b8e671c5449357a7ad9f66","iphone":"60b8e643cdd90620331bb1f6","ipad":"60b8e643cdd90620331bb1f6","androidphone":"60b8e699c5449357a7ada04c","androidtablet":"60b8e699c5449357a7ada04c"}},"playerUpdates":{"5668ae6ee4b0b5e26955d6a6":"60d2472d9340d7032ad7e443","56aa41bae4b091744c0440d8":"60e869dc7c5f3b17b6741b81","5841b2b5cc52c716ec6e5a7f":"60b8e355cdd90620331ba185","58b5e2b8d85a10302feee895":"60b64316b171b7444beafdb2","58b74698f78ced31417819ae":"60b8e5bec5449357a7ad9b52","58b74ccecebcea57e2c3a3d1":"60b8e5eac5449357a7ad9ca5","58cff690d85a100b9992bc39":"60b8e616cdd90620331bb0ba","58cffb3fb6d9b972a49a3c9d":"60b8e643cdd90620331bb1f6","58cffdd74d96935d7d6ec180":"60b8e671c5449357a7ad9f66","58d03a84f78ced6518eb2fa7":"60b643c82e76be41f112735c","592edf20e0fa177b0c26f7fd":"60b8e699c5449357a7ada04c","5b35266b158f855373e28256":"60b64354b171b7444beaff4d","5c116f29f79c4171d82b7c2a":"60b64440b171b7444beb040b","5c1170fc600c9a697bf0c6b9":"60b646102e76be41f1127ffc","5c47791afa1b317df8ae0c4f":"60b8e6bdc5449357a7ada147","5c477987a6b48b35f164773d":"60b8e701c5449357a7ada2ee","5c4779ee943c3c2a64f28371":"60b8e747cdd90620331bb861","5c477a26fcd67b26879bc7c2":"60b8e788c5449357a7ada67b","5d8921a78c3ae845f366c9b6":"60ae7be5f3a7c13a30417ff9","58b98b00ba82aa39a6534321":"60d0de7c9340d7032ad1146c","58b9d14cb6d9b96c9ec32af3":"60d0dec19340d7032ad115a0","58cff8eccebcea42931e0436":"60d0e005b627221e9d819d44","592edf5de0fa177b0c26f95b":"60d0e38fb627221e9d81adcf","58cff72fd85a100b9992c112":"60d0e447b627221e9d81b0da","56b4d34fe4b022697697c400":"60d2472d9340d7032ad7e443","60b8e4c0c5449357a7ad957d":"60e869dc7c5f3b17b6741b81"}},"connatixConfigValues":{"defaultPlayer":"ff7fdddc-5441-4253-abc4-f12a33fad58b","clickToPlayPlayer":"d014396e-b366-4c17-aeac-3ce906fa3fd0","videoPagePlayer":"f010447b-d244-4111-a314-7b4542ae4145","verticalPlayer":"e58cb05a-0bc8-4210-9108-fea82726c065","stickyPlayerControl":"52ea1755-d601-4ad1-bccc-d8cce3f0e5da","stickyPlayerON":"8055e9e5-3bda-4933-8d45-9ad814fb6e22"},"topConnatixThumnbailSrc":"data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=","customAmpComponents":[],"ampAssetsUrl":"https://amp.assets.huffpost.com","videoTraits":null,"positionInUnitCounts":{"buzz_head":{"count":0},"buzz_body":{"count":0},"buzz_bottom":{"count":0}},"positionInSubUnitCounts":{"article_body":{"count":6},"blog_summary":{"count":0},"before_you_go_content":{"count":0}},"connatixCountsHelper":{"count":0},"buzzfeedTracking":{"context_page_id":"602eaa64c5b673b19b66e7f3","context_page_type":"buzz","destination":"huffpost","mode":"mobile","page_edition":"en-us"},"tags":[{"name":"news","slug":"news","links":{"relativeLink":"news/news","permalink":"https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/news/news","mobileWebLink":"https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/news/news"},"section":{"title":"News","slug":"news"},"url":"https://action.news/archive/ca/topic/news"},{"name":"alberta","slug":"alberta","links":{"relativeLink":"news/alberta","permalink":"https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/news/alberta","mobileWebLink":"https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/news/alberta"},"section":{"title":"Alberta","slug":"alberta"},"url":"https://action.news/archive/ca/topic/alberta"},{"name":"Travel","slug":"travel","links":{"relativeLink":"news/travel","permalink":"https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/news/travel","mobileWebLink":"https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/news/travel"},"section":{"title":"News","slug":"news"},"topic":{"title":"Travel","slug":"travel","overridesSectionLabel":false},"url":"https://action.news/archive/ca/topic/travel"},{"name":"calgary","slug":"calgary","links":{"relativeLink":"news/calgary","permalink":"https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/news/calgary","mobileWebLink":"https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/news/calgary"},"section":{"title":"Alberta","slug":"alberta"},"topic":{"title":"Calgary","slug":"calgary","overridesSectionLabel":false},"url":"https://action.news/archive/ca/topic/calgary"},{"name":"politics","slug":"politics","links":{"relativeLink":"news/politics","permalink":"https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/news/politics","mobileWebLink":"https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/news/politics"},"section":{"title":"Politics","slug":"politics"},"url":"https://action.news/archive/ca/topic/politics"},{"name":"canada","slug":"canada","links":{"relativeLink":"news/canada","permalink":"https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/news/canada","mobileWebLink":"https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/news/canada"},"section":{"title":"News","slug":"news"},"url":"https://action.news/archive/ca/topic/canada"},{"name":"U.S. Politics","slug":"us-politics","links":{"relativeLink":"news/us-politics","permalink":"https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/news/us-politics","mobileWebLink":"https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/news/us-politics"},"section":{"title":"Politics","slug":"politics"},"topic":{"title":"U.S. Politics","slug":"us-politics","overridesSectionLabel":false},"url":"https://action.news/archive/ca/topic/us-politics"},{"name":"Ted Cruz","slug":"ted-cruz","links":{"relativeLink":"news/ted-cruz","permalink":"https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/news/ted-cruz","mobileWebLink":"https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/news/ted-cruz"},"url":"https://action.news/archive/ca/topic/ted-cruz"}],"isLiveblogLive":null,"isLiveblog":false,"cetUnit":"buzz_body","bodyAds":["

\r\n\r\n","

\r\n\r\n"],"adCount":0},"isCollectionEmbed":false}">

I just want to point out the irony that Ted Cruz is from Calgary, a city that experiences this type of inelement weather 4 out of 12 months of the year.
Brandon Rylow (@brandonscript) February 18, 2021

With the ill-advised Mexico trip, Cruz does have something in common with his homeland he joins a wave of Canadian politicians and staffers who were caught vacationing internationally over the winter holidays in late December despite explicit Canadian public health guidance not to do so and the onset of the dangerous second wave of COVID-19.

Then-Ontario finance minister Rod Phillips travelled to St. Barts while then-Alberta municipal affairs minister Tracy Allard vacationed in Hawaii. Alberta Premier Jason Kenneys chief of staff also travelled to the U.K., and actually had to come back via the U.S. because the Canadian government had halted all flights to and from the U.K. in the wake of the new coronavirus variant. All in all, dozens of public officials were caught suitcase-handed over the winter.