The Hill reports:
After Texas Democrats flew to D.C. Monday to deny GOP the quorum they need to vote in a special legislative session, Cruz was said the “political stunt” was “ironic” given Democratic opposition to voter ID measures.
“As they were getting on their private jet to fly to Washington D.C., they almost surely had to show identification to get on that jet,” Cruz said in a Fox News interview. “This is at the end of the day, politics. And they need to get back to doing their jobs. And one way or the other, they will,” he added.
Cruz uploaded the interview onto his Twitter account, where he was bombarded with criticism from fellow politicians and other Twitter users reminding him of his much-criticized trip to Mexico in February.
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Texas Democrats left the state to fight for voting rights.
Ted Cruz left the state to sip drinks on a Cancun beach.
I’d sit this one out, Ted. pic.twitter.com/aaePYLLzXs
— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) July 13, 2021
If it’s one thing @tedcruz knows about, it’s jet setting. Reminds you of when he abandoned his duty to the people of Texas when he left in the middle of a winter storm to go to Cancun. https://t.co/PVzCGaIMI6
— Rep. Hank Johnson (@RepHankJohnson) July 13, 2021
.@TedCruz knows a thing or two about fleeing Texas pic.twitter.com/zNpLgzG33s
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) July 13, 2021
Ted Cruz on Texas Democrats: “It’s ironic. As they were getting on their private jet to fly to Washington DC, they almost surely had to show identification to get on that jet.” (This is a false equivalency — people have a right to vote but not a right to board jets.) pic.twitter.com/VXxZ6jMBiE
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 13, 2021
For the life of me, I just can’t seem to remember Texas Governor Abbott calling for Ted Cruz to be arrested when he fled the state. Just saying.
— Mark K. Southard (@NPendent) July 13, 2021
You know what’s ‘ironic’? Ted Cruz lecturing anyone else on leaving Texas in the middle of a crisis. Now *that’s* ironic. https://t.co/oj7rLBAPUL
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) July 13, 2021
Texas Democrats have left Texas in order to defend Texans right to vote.
Ted Cruz fled Texas to let his constituents die in the cold while he soaked up the sun in Cancun. pic.twitter.com/dgnnkJHLml
— ReallyAmerican.com ?? (@ReallyAmerican1) July 13, 2021