Ted Cruz, US senator mocked for flight to Cancún, seeks airport police escorts

Republican senator, who flew to Mexico as Texas faced deadly cold snap, complains of serious security threats' to lawmakers

The Texas Republican senator Ted Cruz, who achieved viral infamy in 2021 when he was seen at Houston airport for a flight to Cancun even as his state faced a historic and deadly spell of cold weather, this week moved a step closer to securing police escorts for lawmakers at airports.

Under an amendment to the Federal Aviation Authority Reauthorization bill introduced by Cruz, members of Congress and other prominent officials, and some family and staff members, will be offered security escorts if they are deemed currently ... or previously ... the subject of a threat, as determined by such applicable federal protective agency".