Twitter Jokes About Sending Ted Cruz To Mars After NASA Lands On Planet Amid Texas Power Crisis

Ted Cruz dropped Texas amid a disastrous wintertime tornado forCancun Twitter joked that the state legislator in fact arrived on Mars, not Mexico or Texas, in addition to NASA’s Perseverance Rover onFeb 18.

NASA’s Perseverance wanderer arrived on Mars onFeb 18, and also individuals of Twitter teased that it had a shock traveling friend:Ted Cruz The Texas legislator left his state that is presently experiencing a power crisis amid a peculiar wintertime tornado to get on a trip to Cancun on Wednesday evening,Feb 17. But rather than touchdown in Mexico that evening or going back to Texas the following day (his real strategies), Twitter customers joked that the Conservative political leader was in fact capturing a trip to deep space.

“Spotted: Ted Cruz deviates from his plans in Cancun to hitch a ride with Perseverance to Mars,” one such Twitter comic created, and also consisted of an image that the Perseverance wanderer broke onMars Edited in wasMr Cruz, rolling his carry-on baggage on the red planet. The image was in fact drawn from a photo of Cruz at a flight terminal in Cancun onFeb 18, prior to the Republican legislator boarded his trip back to theUnited States Another individual uploaded a similar photo and also cheekily created, “Mars rover has found no sign of intelligent life, but the rover did find U.S. Senator Ted Cruz.”

There was an additional running joke that Cruz must’ve in fact been provided a ticket toMars “We’ve made history. #NASAPerseverance has landed on #Mars2020 Now can we bring Matt Damon home & send Ted Cruz there, please?,” someone teased, describing Damon’s personality in the flick The Martian that obtains stranded onMars Another individual had a comparable idea, tweeting, “I can’t believe we launched something to Mars and didn’t put Ted Cruz on it.”

Others were surprised that a NASA wanderer made it to Mars (a trip that needed practically 300-million miles of traveling) prior to Cruz went back to his state that remains in chaos. “NASA landed on Mars before Ted Cruz got back to Texas,” TELEVISION author and also starlet Grace Parra Janey tweeted.

While Twitter enjoyed with Cruz’s short-lived loss from Texas, many raged at the Texas legislator for dumping his state. Texas was struck with an unforeseen wintertime tornado that has actually created millions to shed power and also ruptured pipelines, leaving individuals without alcohol consumption water. Cruz’s questionable trip to Cancun attracted objection throughout Twitter, and also also Meghan McCain— that is Republican herself– contrasted Cruz toMarie Antoinette Cruz attempted to describe that he left the state to be a “good dad.”

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Ted Cruz has actually been the legislator of Texas given that 2013. [AP]

“With school cancelled for the week, our girls asked to take a trip with friends. Wanting to be a good dad, I flew down with them last night and am flying back this afternoon,” Cruz stated in a declaration gotten by CNN The questionable political leader included, “My staff and I are in constant communication with state and local leaders to get to the bottom of what happened in Texas. We want our power back, our water on, and our homes warm. My team and I will continue using all our resources to keep Texans informed and safe.”

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