Jimmy Kimmel has a field day mocking Ted Cruz for going on a Cancun trip amid Texas' crippling winter storm

“On behalf of all of us we want to send our best wishes from L.A. to those of you who have been hammered by the cold weather,” Kimmel began his Thursday monologue, sincerely, according to The Daily Beast. “Hundreds of thousands of Texans are still without power. And on a day when the most newsworthy landing should have been the NASA Rover successfully touching down on Mars, instead, it was a senator from Texas touching down on Cancun. While his fellow Texans are freezing with the power out Ted Cruz did what any great leader would do when his state needs leadership most. He booked a flight to Mexico and said, ‘Adios, amigos!’” Kimmel, whose mockery of Cruz led to them playing a charity basketball game in 2018, added: "The hypocrisy is off the charts! This is the guy who two months ago lashed out at the mayor of Austin for going to Mexico.”

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