Sen. Cruz’s Pledge To Monitor Storm In Dallas Evokes A Storm Of ‘Cancun Ted’ Ridicule

Sen. Ted Cruz pledged in a tweet on Monday that he and his team are “continuing to monitor the storm in Dallas.” The statement generated immediate backlash from critics who asked, “Monitor from where? Cancun,” a reference to Cruz’s now-infamous escape to Cancun while the rest of Texas froze during the 2021 winter storm.

John Moffit posted a photo of a billboard that included a quote from Geoge W. Bush that reads, “I just don’t like the guy” next to a photo of Cruz. Mr. Moffit added, “Enjoy the flight to Cancun.”

Another with the handle, Dark Amy Lynn, wrote, “Ted Cruz said he is monitoring the storm in Dallas….so he knows exactly when to pack his bags and head to Cancun.”

@tomiahonen posted a photo of Cruz at the airport fleeing to Cancun and added a long list of those who “hate Ted Cruz,” including “Cancun.”

Another critic with the handle Misha said, “Go on to Cancun like the coward you are. Dallas needs a Senator with compassion and good sense. That automatically rules you out.”

Nicole Rosner took an added shot at Ted Cruz’s birthplace and wrote, “Please do send Cancun Cruz back to Canada, Texas doesn’t need him…”

On Tuesday, the #Cancun hashtag was still trending on twitter.

Nick Anderson

Writer, editor, photographer and editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson has joined the Reform Austin newsroom, where he will employ the artistic skill and political insights that earned a Pulitzer Prize to drive coverage of Texas government. As managing editor, Anderson is responsible for guiding Reform Austin’s efforts to give readers the unfiltered facts they need to hold Texas leaders accountable. Anderson’s original cartoons will be a regular feature on RA News. “Reform Austin readers understand the consequences of electing politicians who use ideological agendas to divide us, when they should be doing the hard work necessary to make our state government work for everyone,” Anderson said. “As a veteran journalist, I’m excited about Reform Austin’s potential to re-focus conversations on the issues that matter to common-sense Texans – like protecting our neighborhoods from increasingly common disasters, healthcare, just to name a few.” Anderson worked for the Houston Chronicle, the largest newspaper in Texas, from 2006 until 2017. In addition to the Pulitzer, Anderson earned the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi Award. He’s also a two-time winner of Columbia College’s Fischetti Award, and the National Press Foundation’s Berryman Award. Anderson’s cartoons have been published in Newsweek, the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, the Chicago Tribune and other papers. In 2005, Anderson won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning while working for the Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky. The judges complimented his “unusual graphic style that produced extraordinarily thoughtful and powerful messages.”