Ted Cruz Abandons Texas in Crisis… Again as Flood Turns Deadly

While families in Texas were being torn apart by raging floodwaters, Senator Ted Cruz was thousands of miles away—snapping tourist photos at the Parthenon.

That’s right. As over 100 people died—including 27 children and camp staff swept away in a flash flood—Cruz was sightseeing in sunny Athens with his wife, apparently unmoved by the tragedy engulfing his home state.

“He walked right by me while people were dying,” said American tourist Michael Rocchio, who encountered Cruz outside the ancient Greek landmark. “I told him, ‘Twenty kids dead in Texas and you take a vacation?’ He grunted and kept walking. His wife looked like she wanted to kill me.”

The flood began July 4 and rapidly became one of the deadliest natural disasters in Texas history. Entire neighborhoods were underwater. Rescue teams worked nonstop. Parents waited for word on missing children.

And Ted Cruz? He was on vacation.

Eyewitnesses spotted him Saturday evening, July 5—more than 24 hours after floodwaters swallowed Camp Mystic—casually lining up to tour Athens’ most iconic ruins. At that exact moment, divers were dragging bodies from the Guadalupe River.

This disaster isn’t new for Cruz. Neither is his response: flee.

In 2021, Cruz jetted to Cancun while Texans froze to death in a winter blackout. Now, he’s done it again—leaving the country as a humanitarian nightmare unfolds back home.

On Thursday, while Texas was bracing for historic flooding and the state emergency response was being activated, Cruz boarded a flight to Europe. On Friday, as flood victims were swept away, acting Governor Dan Patrick gave a grim press conference: “This is no longer a celebration—it’s a disaster.”

Cruz didn’t bother flying back until Sunday.

On Monday, Cruz finally showed up in flood-stricken Kerrville, Texas. At a press conference, he claimed he had been “working the phones” from Greece. “I called President Trump,” he said. “He was eating dinner. I told him it looked really bad. He said, ‘Ted, whatever you need.’”

Critics say that’s not leadership—it’s PR damage control.

“If you can call the president, you can call a pilot,” snapped Texas Rep. Alma Hernandez (D-San Antonio). “He abandoned us—again. Families were drowning while he played tourist.”

Before publication, Cruz’s office tried to speak off the record. Then, after the story broke, his communications director Macarena Martinez went nuclear on X: “A bulls— piece from a bulls— rag.”

But Martinez never denied the facts: Cruz was in Greece. Children were dying. And the senator didn’t come back until it made headlines.

At the press conference, Cruz revealed his own daughter had just attended a summer camp five miles from Camp Mystic. “I’ve spoken to parents whose daughters are still missing,” he said. “There’s nothing like that agony.”

Texans are asking: if he understands that agony, why wasn’t he here?

One grieving mother, whose daughter is still unaccounted for, told us: “I don’t need his pity. I needed his leadership. And once again, he was nowhere.”