Channel 4 News published this video item, entitled “Texas Senator Ted Cruz apologises over trip to Mexico during weather crisis” – below is their description.
Imagine your state is under an emergency – with freezing temperatures cutting power and water supplies to millions of people.
Not the ideal time to jet off on a family holiday in Cancun, Mexico, if you’re the senator. Ted Cruz has now apologised for making that trip, having worked out it was “obviously a mistake”.
The Republican is facing outrage not just for jetting off abroad, but also for apparently leaving the family poodle behind.
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Channel 4 News is the news programme from UK Channel 4 television. Channel 4 is a British public-service free-to-air television network headquartered in Leeds, United Kingdom. The channel was established in 1982 to provide a fourth television service to the United Kingdom in addition to the licence-funded BBC One and BBC Two, and the single commercial broadcasting network ITV.
Mexico is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is the most populous Spanish-speaking nation. Mexico City is its capital city and largest metropolis.
Mexico became an independent nation state after the successful Mexican War of Independence against Spain in 1821.
Mexico is a developing country, but has the world’s 15th-largest economy by nominal GDP and the 11th-largest by PPP, with the United States being its largest economic partner. Since 2006, a conflict between the government and drug trafficking syndicates has led to over 120,000 deaths.
Mexico receives a significant number of tourists every year; in 2018, it was the 6th most-visited country in the world, with 39 million international arrivals.
Rafael Edward “Ted” Cruz is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States Senator for Texas since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Cruz served as Solicitor General of Texas from 2003 to 2008.
Texas is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles, and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by both area and population.
