'It was obviously a mistake': Ted Cruz on decision to fly to Mexico as Texas freezes – video

Ted Cruz has provoked an outcry after the Republican senator from Texas left the state for a trip to the sunny Mexican tourist resort of Cancun, as millions of his constituents endured deadly power outages and freezing temperatures.

Cruz was spotted waiting for, then later boarding, a flight to Cancun on Wednesday night.

A day later, after the images went viral, he returned to Texas

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