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UPDATE: Sen. Ted Cruz has returned to Houston from his short trip to Cancun. More: https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/texas/reports-sen-ted-cruz-traveled-to-cancun-while-texans-suffer-through-deadly-winter-storm-crisis/285-fb30d9f4-658c-4511-a6c5-b5c7e1d7c84a | KHOU 11 News

Senator Ted Cruz addressed his trip to Cancun, Mexico. He said, "I started having second thoughts almost the moment I sat down on the plane." Cruz and his family flew to Mexico during the ongoing winter storm that has left millions of Texans without power. | KDKA-TV | CBS Pittsburgh

Senator Ted Cruz flew into a storm of criticism over a trip he took to the Mexican resort city of Cancun while his home state of Texas grappled with a deadly deep freeze https://reut.rs/3dA5q2l | Reuters