{"id":160944,"date":"2021-02-22T15:33:20","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T20:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=160944"},"modified":"2021-02-22T15:59:13","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T20:59:13","slug":"watch-protesters-mariachi-band-gather-outside-ted-cruzs-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-protesters-mariachi-band-gather-outside-ted-cruzs-home\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Protesters, Mariachi Band Gather Outside Ted Cruz\u2019s Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-protesters-mariachi-band-gather-outside-ted-cruzs-home%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=160944&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-522283768.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The home of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Sunday was surrounded by people, including a hired band, protesting the senator\u2019s short-lived family trip to Cancun, Mexico, last Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome creative Houstonians hired a mariachi band to play outside Ted Cruz\u2019s house this afternoon,\u201d reported Miya Shay. \u201cApparently the whole neighborhood was out watching.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some of the protesters held signs that said, \u201cCruz Lies Cost Lives,\u201d and \u201cTraitor.\u201d\u00a0The Mariachi band, no doubt, was in reference to Cruz\u2019s Mexican destination in the\u00a0midst of a brutal winter storm that created widespread power outages in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Some creative Houstonians hired a mariachi band to play outside Ted Cruz\u2019s house this afternoon. Apparently the whole neighborhood was out watching. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y33x37TiH2\">pic.twitter.com\/Y33x37TiH2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Miya Shay (@miyashay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/miyashay\/status\/1363653970778984448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cruz was photographed Wednesday on a plane heading from Houston to Cancun; he made a return trip back to Texas on Thursday following online backlash.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/obviously-a-mistake-sen-ted-cruz-admits-second-thoughts-about-cancun-flight-after-backlash\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported on Cruz\u2019s response to the controversy:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cWe left yesterday, the plan had been to stay through the weekend with the family,\u201d he said, referencing how the last week \u201chas been tough on a lot of folks\u201d and recounting how his family had been reduced to clustering around the fireplace after they lost power.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>When his daughters found out that school had been canceled for the week, Cruz explained, they suggested taking a vacation. \u201cThey said, \u2018Look, why don\u2019t we take a trip? Let\u2019s go somewhere where it\u2019s not so cold.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Cruz admitted, however, that his doubts about taking a vacation began immediately. \u201cI have to admit, I started having second thoughts almost the moment I sat down on the plane,\u201d he said. \u201cBecause, on the one hand, all of us who are parents have a responsibility to take care of our kids, take care of our family. That\u2019s something Texans have been doing across the state.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Following the \u201cfirestorm\u201d that erupted after the story emerged, Cruz said his initial doubts worsened. \u201cWhen I arrived and I saw the initial firestorm, what had started with second thoughts that I had as soon as we left grew even greater,\u201d he said, adding that he regrets that his trip has become \u201csuch a distraction when so many Texans are hurting and angry and mad.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>With protesters in the background chanting \u201cresign,\u201d Cruz addressed whether his trip was \u201ctone-deaf.\u201d\u00a0\u201cLook, it was obviously a mistake, and in hindsight I wouldn\u2019t have done it,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cI was trying to be a dad.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/senator-ted-cruz-delivers-water-in-texas?%3Futm_source=facebook&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=realpatriots\">The Daily Wire<\/a>, Cruz\u00a0posted photos of himself passing out water to Texans on Saturday: \u201cIn the post, Cruz can be seen loading water into cars while talking with presumably local residents. Included in the tweet is the hashtag, \u2018#TexasStrong.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reaction to Cruz\u2019s photos of himself passing out water was mixed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/senator-ted-cruz-delivers-water-in-texas?%3Futm_source=facebook&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=realpatriots\">The Daily Wire<\/a> noted:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>One over the photos One <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DannyMeinz\/status\/1363526712496128004\">user<\/a> seemed to defend Cruz, saying, \u201cYou can be mad that he left or you can be mad that he\u2019s helping. You can\u2019t pick both.\u201d Others <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/karyne_luscomb\/status\/1363532107604189184\">said<\/a> that he wasn\u2019t helping, but rather using the situation to stage a photo-op. The previous user responded, saying, \u201cOk. Photo oping is pretty much the extent of what a congressperson can do in their \u2018official capacity.\u2019 So why be angry at him going on vacation?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/we-care-more-about-optics-than-substance\">We Care More About Optics Than\u00a0Substance<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The home of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Sunday was surrounded by people, including a hired band, protesting the senator\u2019s short-lived family trip to Cancun, Mexico, last Wednesday. \u201cSome creative &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2273962,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-522283768.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"WATCH: Protesters, Mariachi Band Gather Outside Ted Cruz\u2019s Home","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-522283768.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"WATCH: Protesters, Mariachi Band Gather Outside Ted Cruz\u2019s Home","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2273962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}