Ted Cruz Apologizes For Scheduling Cancun Trip Amid Texas Crisis

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"It was obviously a mistake. In hindsight, I wouldn't have done it. I was trying to be a Dad," Sen. Ted Cruz says after receiving criticism for flying to Mexico with his family during a major winter storm in Texas.

Rafael Edward Cruz is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States Senator for Texas since 2013. After graduating from Princeton University and Harvard Law School, Cruz pursued a career in government.