Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told reporters Thursday his decision to go on a family vacation to Cancún, Mexico, as Texans suffer without heat, water and power because of a historic winter storm was “a mistake” that he now regrets.
“It was obviously a mistake, and in hindsight I wouldn’t have done it,” Cruz said outside his home after having returned to Houston, where he was greeted by protesters chanting, “Resign.”
“I understand why people are upset,” Cruz said. He said that he was trying to make his daughters happy by going with them on the trip but that “leaving when so many Texans were hurting didn’t feel right, and so I changed my return flight and flew back on the first available flight.”
