前德克萨斯州国会议员贝托·奥鲁克猛烈抨击参议员。特德·克鲁兹飞往墨西哥因为该州遭受停电和冰冻的温度。
【男性名字】克鲁兹周三飞往坎昆当他在机场的照片出现在社交媒体上时，他面临着强烈的反对，周四回到了孤星之州。
据美国广播公司下属机构报道，克鲁兹周四晚上在他家外面对记者说，“这是一个错误。”KTRK。
在本周的德克萨斯州风暴之后，奥洛克花了几天时间为老年人组织健康检查，他抨击他的共和党对手在大部分人口断电断热的日子里离开了该州。
谈到MSNBC《早安乔》周四，奥鲁克说克鲁兹“正在坎昆度假，而在他当选为代表和服务的州，人们几乎冻死了。”
在……上《蜂巢内》在播客中，奥洛克告诉主持人，“我不知道我们一开始对他的期望有多高。德州人民真的站出来了，让我真的很骄傲...那家伙不想和政府有任何瓜葛，至少不想和我们的政府有任何瓜葛。”
奥鲁克在2018年德克萨斯州参议员席位的竞选中输给了克鲁兹。
包括福克斯新闻主持人肖恩·哈尼蒂在内的一些共和党人士为克鲁兹辩护。
汉尼蒂说:“我认为你可以同时成为一名父亲和得克萨斯州的参议员，往返一趟，快速下车，快速旅行，然后回家。”在他的节目中说周四晚上。
小唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump Jr .)表示支持克鲁兹，他在推特上表示，州长和参议员“在工作描述和他们能为当地灾难做些什么方面”有所不同
在对美国广播公司新闻的一份声明中，克鲁兹说他去墨西哥是为了带他的女儿们和他们的朋友一起去旅行，并“做一个好爸爸”。
回到德克萨斯州后，他说，“我不得不承认，我几乎从坐在飞机上的那一刻就开始有了第二种想法。”
“一方面，我们所有为人父母的人都有责任照顾我们的孩子。...但我也有责任认真对待为德克萨斯州而战，”克鲁兹说，并补充道，“我理解人们为什么感到不安。”
他离开德克萨斯州时，该州正受到周日开始的一场强烈风暴的影响，这场风暴导致气温骤降，大面积停电。数百万德州人接受了开水咨询。
Ted Cruz rival Beto O'Rourke eviscerates senator for flying to Mexico during crisis
Former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke lashed out at Sen. Ted Cruz for flying to Mexico as the state suffered from power outages and freezing temperatures.
Cruz flew to Cancun on Wednesday and returned to the Lone Star State Thursday after he faced backlash when photos of him at the airport emerged on social media.
"It was a mistake," Cruz told reporters outside his home Thursday evening, according to ABC affiliate KTRK.
O'Rourke, who has spent the last few days organizing wellness checks for seniors in the wake of this week's Texas storm, slammed his Republican rival for leaving the state as swaths of the population went days without electricity or heat.
Speaking on MSNBC’s "Morning Joe" on Thursday, O’Rourke said Cruz "is vacationing in Cancun right now when people are literally freezing to death in the state that he was elected to represent and serve.”
On the "Inside the Hive" podcast, O'Rourke told the hosts, "I don't know how much we were expecting from him to begin with. The people of Texas have really stepped up and make me really proud ... that guy wants nothing to do with government, or at least our form of it."
O’Rourke lost the race for a Texas Senate seat in 2018 to Cruz.
Some Republican figures, including Fox News host Sean Hannity, have defended Cruz.
"I think you can be a father and be the senator of Texas all at the same time and make a round trip, quick drop-off, quick trip, and come home," Hannity said on his show Thursday night.
Donald Trump Jr. showed his support for Cruz, tweeting that governors and senators differ "in terms of job description and what they can do for localized disasters."
In a statement to ABC News, Cruz said he went to Mexico to take his daughters on a trip with their friends and to "be a good dad."
After returning to Texas, he said, "I have to admit, I started having second thoughts almost the moment I sat down on the plane."
"On the one hand, all of us who are parents have a responsibility to take care of our kids. ... But I also have a responsibility that I take very seriously of fighting for the state of Texas," Cruz said, adding, "I understand why people are upset."
He left Texas as the state was crippled by a powerful storm that started Sunday, leading to freezing temperatures and widespread power outages. Millions of Texans were under a boil water advisory.
