Ted Cruz Didn’t Leave His Dog Home Alone

Texas has been suffering from an unusually cold snowstorm this year, which left many Texans without power and heat. Senator Ted Cruz has been widely criticized for his response, particularly his fleeing to Cancun, Mexico. His home had lost power like other Texans.

Michael Hardy, a Houston-based journalist, drove to Cruz’s neighborhood to investigate. He found Cruz’s house to be dark (although his neighbor reported that power had come back the night before) and a little white poodle was standing by the front door. He took a picture and shared it in a tweet. Hardy later wrote an article titled, “Ted Cruz Abandons Millions of Freezing Texans and His Poodle, Snowflake” for New York Magazine.