"Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) pushed back on critics pouncing on him over an image of the senator on a plane to California just days before Texas is set to get hit with a major winter storm. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was spotted earlier today, January 20, 2026, on a plane heading to Laguna Beach as the state of Texas braces for a rare ice threat and arctic cold front, political strategist Shea Jordan Smith wrote on X this week. Included was an image of Cruz on his flight."
"Cruz's office later put out a statement, dismissing criticism and explaining that Cruz was on a pre-planned trip and he'll actually be returning to the Lone Star State before the storm is projected to hit. 'Senator Cruz is currently on pre-planned work travel that was scheduled weeks in advance. He will be back in Texas before the storm is projected to hit,' a spokesperson for the senator said in a statement, first shared with KHOU. Multiple critics invoked another moment from Cruz's career where he went viral and earned plenty of mockery."
Sen. Ted Cruz flew to Laguna Beach on January 20, 2026, as Texas prepared for a rare ice threat and arctic cold front. A political strategist posted an image and tweet on X that has accumulated more than eight million views. Cruz's office said the trip was pre-planned work travel scheduled weeks in advance and that he will return to Texas before the storm arrives. Critics compared the trip to Cruz's February 2021 Cancun trip during Winter Storm Uri, which Cruz later called a mistake. The approaching storm is expected to span about 2,000 miles and begin in Texas and Oklahoma with heavy snow and freezing rain.
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