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Texas politician Gary Gates fled the freezing state for warmer Florida temperatures as Ted Cruz jetted off to Mexico
TED Cruz had a fellow Texas politician likewise flee the state for warmer temperatures: Gary Gates, who took his private jet to sunny Florida.
Republican State Representative Gary Gates is feeling the same wrath Texas Senator Ted Cruz is experiencing after he fled his crippled state for warm sunny weather in Florida, just as millions went without heat and power in his home state.
Ted Cruz flew to Cancun while people in his state went without heat and power[/caption]
Gary Gates, a Republican State Representative, flew on his private jet to Florida[/caption]
Gates took his private jet to Orlando, Florida, just as his constituents in Texas’ Fort Bend County went days without water and power.
“It really would have been nice to have a state representative helping on the ground, working at a warming center, packing food, etc. rather than immediately off on a private plane when the going got tough,” Brian Walz said, one of Gates’ said.
“My neighbors didn’t get to do that when her pipe burst,” Walz continued.
Gates said that the pipes in his home burst, resulting in 30 percent of his home to flood. He then used an excuse similar to Cruz and said his daughter and wife needed the trip.
Cruz blamed the impromptu trip on his daughters who wanted a vacation[/caption]
Gates said he met with a vendor in Florida but only because he was already there[/caption]
“My wife is still recovering from an illness she has been battling for two weeks, and the room of my adult daughter, who is mentally handicapped and still lives with us, flooded,” Gates said.
However, Gates’ chief of staff said he was on the trip to meet with a “major vendor” for a business trip.
Gates said he met with the vendor in Florida but only because he was already there. The state rep also owns a number of apartment buildings in Houston.
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Gates instead said he was able to monitor Texas’ power outages from Florida.
Cruz similarly faced similar backlash after he flew to Cancun with his family while the rest of the state remained without power or heat.
The following day, Cruz returned to the Lone Star State only to blame the escapade on his daughters who he claimed wanted a vacation.
