Ted Cruz’s explanation for his Cancun trip made things worse

Look, it’s bad enough to leave the country for a resort town when a) you’re a United States senator and b) your state is dealing with widespread power outages and frigid temperatures. It’s worse when you blame your kids for your decision to leave.Here’s Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) doing exactly that in trying to explain away his brief trip to Cancun amid Texas’ ongoing weather and power emergency:“With school canceled for the week, our girls asked to take a trip with friends. Wanting to be a good dad, I flew down with them last night and am flying back this afternoon.”OK. So what that statement suggests is:

1. That Cruz only went on the trip to “be a good dad.”

2. He was only going down to Cancun for a day and would be flying back to Texas soon.

Let’s take the second point first. Cruz doesn’t say specifically that he had always planned to accompany his family down to Cancun and then immediately turn around and fly back. But it is heavily implied when he says this: “Wanting to be a good dad, I flew down with them last night and am flying back this afternoon.”

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