Donald Trump Jr. Defends Ted Cruz’s Cancun Trip
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Donald Trump Jr. jumped to the defense of Sen. Ted Cruz over the Texas Republican’s controversial Cancun trip.
Cruz faced mounting backlash Thursday after it emerged he’d flown to Mexico with his family as his home state suffered sweeping power outages caused by winter storms.
On Twitter, former President Donald Trump’s eldest son slammed “the hypocrisy of those trying to cancel Ted Cruz,” saying their silence “on their Democrat Governor’s incompetence is telling.”
The hypocrisy of those trying to cancel Ted Cruz who have been totally silent on their Democrat Governor’s incompetence is telling. My thoughts on the Cancún Cruz fauxoutrage! #Cruz #CancunGate is fake. https://t.co/WnYe1onpIK
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) February 18, 2021
In a video posted to Rumble, Trump Jr. admitted the optics of Cruz’s trip were not ideal but added, “In the grand scheme of things, he’s a senator. He doesn’t manage crisis in states. That’s a governor’s job.”
“Give me a break that they’re spending more time focusing on this, than they are, you know, governors just flagrantly disregarding their executive orders shutting down states, etc. ... shows you how ridiculous things are,” he continued.
“Now, if I were a Trump, which I am, you know, I’d come up with a nickname for something like this, like maybe, I don’t know, ‘Cancun Cruz,’” Trump Jr. said. “It’s funny, OK. But like honestly I can’t get on this bandwagon trying to cancel the guy.”
Twitter users took the wording of Trump Jr.’s tweet to mean he didn’t know the party affiliation of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican who has faced criticism for his handling of the power outages that swept across his state during this week’s deadly cold snap.
Greg Abbott is a Republican. He was the chair of the Republican Governor's Association until about 2 months ago, hoss. https://t.co/UtvUOACz8G
— Laura Lorson (@prairielaura) February 19, 2021
Abbot is a Republican and FOX News was dishonestly labeling evil Republicans as (D) long before Mini-Me here. https://t.co/AXlACd1Era
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) February 19, 2021
The Governor of Texas is a Republican, you insufferable dipshit. https://t.co/AAJMFl1vWI
— Charlotte Clymer 🏳️🌈 (@cmclymer) February 19, 2021
Who wants to tell him? https://t.co/kP9AJI9SvN
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) February 19, 2021
The governor of Texas is Greg Abbott. He is a Republican. https://t.co/IeKFuD0Moq
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) February 19, 2021
Yeah, we have been really quiet about our Democrat Governor's incompetence!
We'll get right on that... https://t.co/OHu1rVUhd3— Libertarian Party of Texas (@LPTexas) February 19, 2021
You think anybody told him yet? https://t.co/aoVOqUMkxt
— Suzanne Halliburton (@suzhalliburton) February 19, 2021
Meet Gov. Greg Abbott, D-Texas
This is a Republican race to the absolute bottom, and this champion 🏆 is a late but formidable entry. https://t.co/axkTjOn1Yb— Candace Valenzuela (@candacefor24) February 18, 2021
Someone might want to tell him that the governor of TX is a Republican. https://t.co/bI8RxCXX42
— Jesse Ferguson (@JesseFFerguson) February 18, 2021
Of course the governor in question is a Republican https://t.co/8CqXnAUUEs
— Warren Leight (@warrenleightTV) February 19, 2021
But in a video shared to Rumble on Friday, Trump Jr. insisted he knew Abbott was a Republican and said he’d instead been railing against Democratic governors accused of incompetence and of breaking rules amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
LOL, I’m trending on Twitter for literally the dumbest reason ever. My thoughts below. https://t.co/PG1ILdKM3y
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) February 19, 2021
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