Sen. Rafael Cruz, Republican of Texas, must have had flight miles expiring soon, otherwise it’s hard to explain the extreme inopportune timing of his luxe family vacation.
Cruz was spotted on a relaxing tour of the Greek Parthenon Saturday as his constituents continued to suffer from deadly flooding, which has claimed at least 95 lives as of Monday—including 27 young girls from a nearby summer camp.
Meanwhile, while on vacation in Athens, Cruz was allegedly approached by a woman who said, “20 kids dead in Texas and you take a vacation?”
“He sort of grunted and walked on. His wife shot me a dirty look. Then they continued on with their tour guide,” she told The Daily Beast.
As for his timeline in Europe, Cruz reportedly jetted across the pond the day after a state of emergency was declared in Texas on July 3, and he returned on July 6.
Of course, as soon as he hit the ground, Cruz was quick to hop on Fox News to pretend that nothing happened.
“In the face of disaster, Texans come together. This is every parent’s nightmare, but we will come through this,” he wrote on X alongside a clip of him on Fox.
COMMENT: Rafael Edward Cruz (born December 22, 1970, in Canada) is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator from Texas since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Cruz was the solicitor general of Texas from 2003 to 2008. Since 2025, Cruz has chaired the Senate Commerce Committee.