Just top point out all those articles you quoted about the NY debacle are "left wing media". So why do I keep hearing the media doesn't cover this stuff? Why do people on the right not push back on that nonsense that just makes people not trust the media more. When its clearly a lie.
The power didn't come back on until after they were already in Cancun.
As for the planned duration, yes, the original plan was for Ted to return on Saturday, while Heidi and the girls presumably would come back on Sunday. That plan was changed while they were still on the plane headed south. Ted realized he had to come back ASAP, which he obviously shared with the appropriate contacts. There's no contradiction here.
To me, the lie was at least implicitly giving the impression that he never intended to stay. I don’t think he planned to return until the trip became public and blew up in the media.
We know the family originally intended to stay for the week but in his original statement, Cruz gave the impression that he was always coming back the next (as well as shifting the blame to his daughters). I call that a lie.
By the time he put out his statement, he had already decided he was going to return ASAP.
As for "shifting the blame", they weren't the ones who made the decision, were they? Cruz said that he and his wife made that decision. He took responsibility. The girls' request was merely what gave him the idea.
Just top point out all those articles you quoted about the NY debacle are "left wing media". So why do I keep hearing the media doesn't cover this stuff? Why do people on the right not push back on that nonsense that just makes people not trust the media more. When its clearly a lie.
When you look at the timeline for Cruz' trip, you'll see that he didn't lie. First, according to this (hostile) article, the roads had been decent when the Cruzes left, not icy like when he talked to Pags. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/02/ted-cruz-flees-texas-for-cancun-ditches-family-poodle.html?fbclid=IwAR053DeUrunUCtKn--kh1OslNwy3nbZgohrwT3ox4vUDdQvu6xC6d5k-w5A
The power didn't come back on until after they were already in Cancun.
As for the planned duration, yes, the original plan was for Ted to return on Saturday, while Heidi and the girls presumably would come back on Sunday. That plan was changed while they were still on the plane headed south. Ted realized he had to come back ASAP, which he obviously shared with the appropriate contacts. There's no contradiction here.
To me, the lie was at least implicitly giving the impression that he never intended to stay. I don’t think he planned to return until the trip became public and blew up in the media.
Then your claim that he lied is based on your assumption.
We know the family originally intended to stay for the week but in his original statement, Cruz gave the impression that he was always coming back the next (as well as shifting the blame to his daughters). I call that a lie.
By the time he put out his statement, he had already decided he was going to return ASAP.
As for "shifting the blame", they weren't the ones who made the decision, were they? Cruz said that he and his wife made that decision. He took responsibility. The girls' request was merely what gave him the idea.
Meaning he'd already been caught and changed plans accordingly due to the optics?
He did an interview with Tom Abrams (?) on ABC7. It's on YouTube. You should watch it.