Senator Ted Cruz was on vacation as the devastating Texas floods unfolded over the weekend and was forced to cut his trip short.
Cruz was seen vacationing in Athens, Greece, over the weekend after casting his vote on Trump’s budget bill last week as deadly floods struck the Texas Hill Country over the weekend, taking countless lives including dozens of girls at summer camp.
Officials confirmed late Monday afternoon that the death toll from the flooding hit over 100.
Cruz – who infamously had to defend a trip to Cancun during a crisis in 2021 – released the timeline of his weekend to explain that this had been the plan all along.
‘The Senator was already in the middle of preplanned family vacation travel overseas when the flooding occurred on July 4,’ Cruz’s office said in a statement.
They added that Cruz immediately got in touch with state officials, as well as President Donald Trump, and within hours ‘promptly booked a flight back home.’
‘Given the time difference, he left Athens on Sunday morning and was back in Texas that night. And he was in Kerrville on the ground early Monday morning,’ his office added.
Cruz also answered a bizarre question regarding ‘weather modification’ potentially causing the tragedy in a press conference Monday.
