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douglas9

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Tue Jul 8, 2025, 06:34 AM Jul 8

Ted Cruz Caught on Vacation Abroad During Texas Tragedy--Again [View all]

The Swamp can exclusively reveal that Ted Cruz stayed in Greece and continued to sightsee as rescuers scoured the floodwaters in Central Texas that killed at least 100 people, including 27 campers and counselors from a summer camp.

The Texas senator was spotted visiting the Parthenon in the Greek capital, Athens, with his wife, Heidi, on Saturday evening. That was a day after Camp Mystic announced that more than 20 girls had gone missing in the floodwaters.

On Saturday, July 5, at about 6 p.m. local time (11 a.m. ET)—more than 24 hours after the Guadalupe River burst its banks—Cruz and his wife were spotted by a Swamp spy lining up outside the iconic tourist site.

“He was with his family and a lone security guard,” said an eyewitness at the Parthenon. “As he walked past us, I simply said, ‘20 kids dead in Texas and you take a vacation?’

“He sort of grunted and walked on. His wife shot me a dirty look. Then they continued on with their tour guide.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ted-cruz-was-vacationing-in-europe-as-emergency-crews-desperately-searched-for-texas-flood-survivors/

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Pompous ass underpants Jul 8 #1
I guess America first radical noodle Jul 8 #2
Post removed Post removed Jul 8 #12
That's ted for ya. 2naSalit Jul 8 #3
He's a scum bag. Captain Zero Jul 8 #4
Texas should set up the Cruz Disaster Warning System: it would send out alerts whenever Ted takes a foreign vacation. sop Jul 8 #5
This is the most intelligent comment in a thread full of nonsense Bernardo de La Paz Jul 8 #16
If you were he, would you have flown home? colorado_ufo Jul 8 #18
He could do that on the phone, if it were even possible to expedite anything more than was already expedited. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 8 #20
I don't think the man has ever claimed to care about his constituents. Biophilic Jul 8 #6
have any MAGA Republicans ever claimed that? LymphocyteLover Jul 8 #7
Well, they've certainly retracted that claim now if they ever did. Biophilic Jul 8 #8
Replaced with "we are all going to die" LymphocyteLover Jul 8 #21
If they did the magats probably wouldn't vote for them mdbl Jul 8 #9
My only complaint is that he came back. (nt) Paladin Jul 8 #10
WTF? Cruz can't take a vacation? Gimpyknee Jul 8 #11
But it's not iced over in Texas. Torchlight Jul 8 #13
Sure...until the power goes off all over Texas in freezing weather..or 100 people DEAD in a flood Bengus81 Jul 8 #14
Sure, but if he hates getting pestered when natural disasters occur in the area he represents, tanyev Jul 8 #19
So the US isn't good enough for vacationing? Oh wait, he is recognized in the US of A, eh. twodogsbarking Jul 8 #15
It's like Deja Vu all over again! Lokee11 Jul 8 #17
The Onion made me smile LetMyPeopleVote Jul 9 #22
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