Donald Trump Jr jumped to the defence of senator Ted Cruz ― and it did not go well.
Cruz faced mounting backlash Thursday after it emerged he’d flown to Cancun, Mexico, on vacation with his family as his home state suffered sweeping power outages caused by winter storms.
On Twitter, former President Donald Trump’s eldest son slammed “the hypocrisy of those trying to cancel Ted Cruz” whose silence “on their Democrat Governor’s incompetence is telling.”
The hypocrisy of those trying to cancel Ted Cruz who have been totally silent on their Democrat Governor’s incompetence is telling. My thoughts on the Cancún Cruz fauxoutrage! #Cruz#CancunGate is fake. https://t.co/WnYe1onpIK
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) February 18, 2021
But as many Twitter users immediately pointed out, Texas governor Greg Abbott is in fact a Republican:
Greg Abbott is a Republican. He was the chair of the Republican Governor's Association until about 2 months ago, hoss. https://t.co/UtvUOACz8G
— Laura Lorson (@prairielaura) February 19, 2021
Abbot is a Republican and FOX News was dishonestly labeling evil Republicans as (D) long before Mini-Me here. https://t.co/AXlACd1Era
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) February 19, 2021
The Governor of Texas is a Republican, you insufferable dipshit. https://t.co/AAJMFl1vWI
— Charlotte Clymer 🏳️🌈 (@cmclymer) February 19, 2021
Who wants to tell him? https://t.co/kP9AJI9SvN
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) February 19, 2021
The governor of Texas is Greg Abbott. He is a Republican. https://t.co/IeKFuD0Moq
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) February 19, 2021
Yeah, we have been really quiet about our Democrat Governor's incompetence!
We'll get right on that… https://t.co/OHu1rVUhd3
— Libertarian Party of Texas (@LPTexas) February 19, 2021
Meet Gov. Greg Abbott, D-Texas
This is a Republican race to the absolute bottom, and this champion 🏆 is a late but formidable entry. https://t.co/axkTjOn1Yb
— Candace Valenzuela (@candacefor24) February 18, 2021
Someone might want to tell him that the governor of TX is a Republican. https://t.co/bI8RxCXX42
— Jesse Ferguson (@JesseFFerguson) February 18, 2021
In a video, Trump Jr. admitted the optics of Cruz’s trip were not ideal but claimed “in the grand scheme of things, he’s a senator, he doesn’t manage crisis in states, that’s a governor’s job.”
“Now, if I were a Trump, which I am, I’d come up with a nickname for something like this, like ‘Cancun Cruz,’” Trump Jr. added. “It’s funny, but honestly I can’t get on this bandwagon trying to cancel the guy.”