Well, millions of Texans have been
suffering without power or safe
drinking water in some cases in the
middle of this brutal winter storm.
Texas Governor Ted Cruz decided
that it would be a great time to
lay on a beach in Cancun in Mexico.
Apparently, Republicans want to
blame Mexicans for
stealing our politicians as well.
And so, [LAUGH] this story in
the beginning was not confirmed.
There were suspicions that Ted Cruz
was leaving the country to go on
a nice little vacay while his own
constituents were suffering.
And then all of a sudden more and
more evidence started coming in,
including this photo of him in
a first class lounge doing what
politicians do best, lounge, relax,
go on recess, take a load off.
But it still wasn't confirmed that
this was the right picture.
I mean is it confirmed that it's
a current picture?
What if it's a picture from
a previous vacation he went on, and
then David Schuster did confirm it.
Writing, just confirmed Senator Ted
Cruz and his family flew to Cancun
tonight for a few days at
a resort they visited before.
Cruz seems to believe there isn't
much for him to do in Texas for
the millions of fellow Texans who
remain without electricity or
water and are literally freezing.
It's so good.
And by the way, there was some
great investigative reporting here.
Like for instance, in an effort
to also confirm the story.
Jake Sherman, who always has the
hot goss tweeted this, and I didn't
know that this stuff was public,
it's actually pretty terrifying
probably shouldn't be public.
But nonetheless, here's the upgrade
list for the afternoon's flight
from Cancun to Houston.
Looks like Ted Cruz is on his
way back.
He just narrowly missing
the upgrade list.
That's assuming that cru, r is him,
and I do.
And guess what?
It was.
It was [LAUGH] Ted Cruz and he
included the listing that shows all
the people that were on the flight.
And you can see Ted Cruz's name on
there, and Cenk, his explanation
is just so embarrassing.
But before we get to that,
I wanted to give you an opportunity
to talk about it [LAUGH].
>> Yeah, so first of all this place
is awesome.
Second of all, there's
an awesome update that's coming up.
You're going to love the update.
So, but let's all note for
the record, that Ana's fascination
with the phrase hot goss is also
awesome.
[LAUGH] >> And let's also note
[LAUGH] that David Schuster is on
rebel headquarters.
You can see so many of
his videos on TYT's channel,
our HQ, so check that out.
So, and before
we get to his pathetic explanation,
[LAUGH] I just like the chant,
build the wall, build the wall.
What happened?
No Ana, I figured out what happened
with Mexico.
As soon as you got down in Cancun,
Mexico sent some of its worst
back to us.
They're sending criminals.
They're sending politicians.
They're sending grease balls.
Okay, [LAUGH] we got
to build a wall.
>> No, unfortunately, we tend to
send our worse to Mexico because
I'm sure no one wants Ted Cruz
vacationing in their resort.
But nonetheless, he was there.
But he returned home quickly as
soon as there was evidence and
confirmation that he had left town
to go vacation while his
constituents were suffering.
More on that in just a minute.
But he did provide what is possibly
the worst excuse of all time.
Let's take a listen to that.
>> Texas is going through horrific
stories and millions of Texans
have lost power and lost heat and
have been hurt.
And our family was among them.
We have no heat and no power.
And yesterday my daughters asked
if they could take a trip with some
friends and Heidi and I agreed.
So actually down with them
last night.
I dropped them off here and
I'm headed back to Texas and
back to continuing to work to try
to get the power.
What's happening in Texas is
unacceptable and
a lot of Texans are hurting.
>> No, there's no family member
that he's unwilling to throw under
the bus for
his own political career.
He'll do it for, I mean,
he'll throw his wife under the bus,
we all know about that.
He'll certainly support and
phone bank for
someone who called his wife ugly.
And then now, he's using his own
children as a shield,
as an excuse for
why he did the most selfish thing
he can possibly do as a lawmaker.
With his constituents suffering
right now, as we speak.
And there is an update to that in
just a minute.
But remember,
he just made it appear as though he
didn't really go on a vacation.
That he's been here and
he's just trying to be a good dad.
That is not the case at all.
I have evidence of that.
But before we get to it,
Cenk, go ahead.
>> Okay, I mean, I love this.
I mean look,
I was just going to go to Kroger's,
drop off the kids for
like five minutes and
then come back.
Who flies to Cancun to drop off
the kids and wife and come back?
That's not a thing that anybody,
he's not an Uber driver.
[LAUGH] He went on vacation,
of course.
But guys, the most important part
of this is that it was not
pre-planned, Cruz said it himself.
They had a week off, and
they put out a statement about this
earlier to, his daughters had
a week off because of the storm so
they decided to go down to Cancun
because of that week off.
That means Cruz, it wasn't like,
look, we planned this like four
months ago and I didn't want to
disappoint my family.
It was like, everybody's suffering.
When perfect opportunity to go to
Cancun.
They use the storm as
an opportunity to run away to
Mexico, and Cruz was a billion
percent part of that.
I mean look at this shaggy
defense by the way.
One me, one me.
So who was it Ted?
My daughters made me do it.
[LAUGH] Okay.
My god.
But we all know how pathetic
Ted Cruz is.
And we know what kind of
a coward he is.
And the one thing he doesn't get on
why people don't like
the Republican voters who
are generally hateful people, etc.
And they can be tricked into almost
anything, but they don't like Cruz
nearly as much as they like Trump.
Why?
because he doesn't have
Trump's swagger.
When he's caught,
Cruz's a couple of tells,
he moves his head a lot.
So you're like, I mean,
we were going to go to Cancun and
I just had to drop him off or
was going to get a ham sandwich and
come back, right.
And he looks so defensive and
he looks guilty because he is.
Trump would have come back and
be like, yeah, so what?
I was thinking of buying Cancun and
you know what,
the best place to go.
Why would I want to be cold?
Suckers and losers are cold.
I went to somewhere hot, okay?
And the Republicans who were
freezing to death and
Texas would have been like, yeah,
Trump so cool man.
What?
>> So Jordan Neil just tweeted, The
New York Times has been provided
with group texts from Ted Cruz's
wife that coupled with reports
of a last minute itinerary change.
His little Cancun jaunt was planned
through Sunday, and so
a Wednesday afternoon departure.
So Miss Cruz promptly shared
details for a Wednesday afternoon
departure, a Sunday return trip and
a luxurious stay at the oceanfront
Ritz-Carlton in the meantime.
[LAUGH] It's just they don't care
about you guys.
Texans, Ted Cruz doesn't care about
you, but don't feel so
bad about it.
No one cares about you.
Like no one in politics for
the most part, with a few
exceptions, cares about you,
cares about working people,
cares about any of the struggles
you're experiencing right now.
None of this should be shocking.
It's a fun story honestly, right?
Everyone's so animated and excited
about it, but for me it's Tuesday.
It's another politician basically
showing, demonstrating through his
actions, how little he cares about
the people he's supposedly
representing.
>> Yeah, so look,
it's about the lies and
it's about the indifference more
than it is about Ted Cruz needing
take political action.
So we know that Ted Cruz,
the federal official and
the state officials are supposed
to be working on this year.
But you know, what happens when
you have a representative,
including your senators?
People call you when
they're hurt and they need help.
And your office is supposed to
work around the clock to help them.
And so that's why this looks
incredibly callous.
Look, he's not the only
politician to have done this.
And Ana's right.
I mean, they're all slimy.
You remember the famous story of
Mark Sanford, the former Governor
of South Carolina, he had gone to
visit his lover in Argentina.
And he was just missing and
people were like,
his staffs were like,
we don't know where he is.
And then a day later, they put out
a statement saying, he's just
hiking the Appalachian Trail and
that's why we can't reach him.
And I remember calling that out on
TYT though, that's a lie.
That's the most obvious lie
I've ever heard.
And other reporters are outraged.
They're like,
how could you say that?
If they say he's on the Appalachian
Trail and I hate on Apple cheater?
Of course they're lying.
Of course they're lying, right?
So in this case,
my daughter's made me do it and
I was an Uber driver.
I was just dropping them
off at Kroger's.
No, no, you're planning to stay
[LAUGH] through Sunday,
because you saw a disaster.
And you didn't think I need to help
people and you never wanted to help
them anyway.
You just got, hey, I did right?
I already help people.
I helped the industry that pays me
off, deregulate and save money,
and then you got killed for it.
Mission accomplished.
I'm off to the Ritz-Carlton.
That's who Ted Cruz is.
>> Dude, your wife was there.
Your excuse makes no sense.
Your wife was there.
Your wife could have taken care of
the kids if that's your excuse.
Yeah, I mean, there's pictures of
him and his wife at the airport
with their luggage.
So it's just such a ridiculous
excuse just, when people tell you
who they are, believe them.
Ted Cruz not into you,
does not care about you,
not interested in representing you.
He's in it for himself.
Please wake up and stop voting for
these clowns.