Ted Cruz at Mexico Airport: ‘I'm Headed Back' to Texas

After receiving widespread criticism for flying to Mexico while Texas faces a historic winter storm and power outages, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, was photographed checking in at the Cancun, Mexico, airport Thursday. “We had no heat and no power and yesterday,” he told NBC News. “My daughters asked if they could take a trip with some friends, and Heidi and I agreed, and I flew down with them last night and dropped them off here. Now I’m headed back to Texas.”