Don’t Mess with Texas

Cruz heads off to Cancun while Lone Star State freezes its cojones off

Brooke Ramey Nelson
Politically Speaking
5 min readFeb 18, 2021

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The wire-rims and the mask can’t disguise Texas Senator Ted Cruz going through security on his way to Cancun with wife, Heidi. Texans have been without power since Monday. Photo Collage: Author’s archives

Apparently, Ted Cruz wanted to get away. Life in D.C. has been so stressful these days, what with trying to save the presiduncey for Trumplethinskin, the U.S. Capitol Insurrection, the impeachment trial and the Lone Star State — which he has represented since 2013 — suffering through its worst deep freeze in…

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Brooke Ramey Nelson
Politically Speaking

Native Texan & Mizzou Journalism grad. I’ve worked in newspapers, politics, PR & as a high school pubs adviser/AP English teacher. TOP WRITER?