Former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) tore into political rival Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Wednesday in a ruthless analysis of why the senator always seems to be out of state whenever there’s a crisis.
O’Rourke appeared on an episode of Hasan Minhaj’s show, “Hasan Minhaj Doesn’t Know,” where the comedian jokingly introduced him as someone who “made Ted campaign so hard, Mr. Cruz had to cancel five vacations.”
Cruz earned his frequent-flyer reputation after leaving Texas in 2021 for Cancun, Mexico, while his constituents were struggling to keep warm amid power outages caused by winter storms.
More recently, Cruz was spotted sightseeing in Greece while a devastating flood ravaged his state, killing over a hundred people. (Cruz’s office responded to the controversy by saying that the senator returned home “as fast as humanly possible.”)
Minhaj, who labeled O’Rourke a “Ted Cruz expert,” asked him, “Why is he always on vacation at the worst possible times?”
