ABC13: “In a one-on-one interview with ABC13 from inside his home, Ted Cruz said he regrets taking a trip to Mexico as thousands of Texans remain without power and running water after a historic winter storm ravaged the state. So, what was he thinking? Tom Abrahams asked Cruz that question to kick off the sit-down interview and the senator said he was simply trying to be a dad. The high-profile Republican lawmaker told Eyewitness News he and his family were among the many Texans who lost power. So his daughters mustered up an idea. ‘They said, ‘Look, lets take a trip. Lets go with some of our friends and lets get out of here and lets go somewhere warm,’ he recalled. ‘And [Cruz’s wife Heidi] and I said … lets go.'”
“After his return to Houston, he quickly admitted that he regrets the decision to plan the getaway with his family. He told Eyewitness News he began feeling second thoughts the minute he sat down on the plane. The senator said he too has had a power outage, but that revelation was after he was spotted heading to Cancun. ‘You question what I was thinking, and … I was trying to take care of my family,’ said Cruz. ‘I was trying to take care of my kids. It’s unfortunate, the fire storm that came from it. It was not my intention. In saying yes to my daughters to somehow diminish all the Texans that were going through real hardship.'”