Ted Cruz Gets a Pass From Republicans After Cancun Trip in Storm
- Despite calls for Cruz resignation, GOP reaction mostly muted
- Texas senator doesn’t have to run again for three more years
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Texas Senator Ted Cruz is facing little blow-back from fellow Republicans so far over his trip to Cancun while millions of his constituents lacked heat or running water during a rare winter storm -- signaling he’s likely to be spared punishment by the party.
Short of Cruz resigning -- and there’s no sign he’s bowing to pressure to do so from Democrats -- there is no mechanism for Texans to punish the senator until an election year. Cruz doesn’t face re-election until 2024, when he may also make another presidential run, and analysts suggest that even Republicans who don’t like him will stick with him.