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Texas Senator Ted Cruz was confronted on Thursday when leaving a flight with a Democrat who challenged him for not supporting stricter gun laws after the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, which killed 19 children and two teachers, in May.
In a 90-second video posted to social media by Twitter user @Nathan_VBB, a Washington D.C. resident who is a supporter of Democratic governor candidate Beto O’Rourke, Cruz can be seen pulling his bag from the headrail just at the moment. that the man strikes conversation in progress.
“Hey, we’re in Houston? I thought we were going to Cancun?’ the man jokes in a swipe at Cruz’s behavior in February 2021 when he fled to Cancun, Mexico, just as people in Texas were dealing with power outages and very cold weather.
Cruz doesn’t seem to hear the barb, but as soon as he takes off his headphones, the man makes his move.
“Senator, thank you for all you’ve done since Uvalde. All those podcast episodes must have made you a lot of money.” the man says sarcastically.
A man confronted Texas Senator Ted Cruz at the end of a flight on Thursday as he prepared to get off the plane
Cruz was caught by the Beto supporter just as he was getting his bags from the overhead
Twitter user @Nathan_VBB disputed why the senator did not support tougher gun laws in the wake of the Uvalde, Texas school shooting
The Texas Senator traveled aboard a flight from Washington DC to Houston, Texas
Cruz is the co-host of a show called Verdict in which he revealed he would vote against a bill protecting same-sex marriage at the federal level.
The senator says he tried to pass school security legislation but said Democrats do not support more security guards and metal detectors in schools.
Cruz says he tried to pass the “most important school safety law ever” on Wednesday, but “your party objected.”
The Securing Our Schools Act of 2022 is said to have sent billions of federal dollars to police officers and mental health counselors in schools, but was blocked on Thursday by Democrats on the Senate floor.
At first, the man mumbled something about Cancun—regarding Cruz’s winter vacation there in 2021 when he left the Texas residents freezing, but he had his headphones in and heard nothing.
Cruz says he tried to pass school security legislation earlier this week, but said Democrats are not in favor of more security guards and metal detectors for schools
“What kind of work did you do?” On the recording, Nathan can be heard asking. “How was your time recording your s**t ton of podcast episodes?”
Other passengers jump to tell him to listen to what Cruz has to say and “let him fly in peace,” but Nathan continues to insist on whether he knows the names of the Uvalde victims.
“You can fly in peace if children can be buried in peace!” he replies.
Cruz then hesitates before replying that he does know their names – though he doesn’t mention any specifically and brings up the school safety law again.
‘But you don’t know. You don’t care about the facts. You’re a supporter and that’s okay,” Cruz says, turning around.
“You’re not a follower?” asks the passenger before the clip comes to an end.
The video was captioned: “Senator Cruz was on my flight, and I asked him to name one of Uvalde’s victims. He couldn’t.’
It has been viewed nearly 230,000 times.
School shooting in Uvalde, Texas killed 19 children and two teachers
A memorial outside Robb Elementary School to the 21 lives taken by a gunman in Uvalde, seen earlier this month as students and parents began the new school year
The confrontation comes after Cruz was criticized after meeting on Thursday with Kimberly and Felix Rubio, the parents of Robb Elementary Alexandria “Lexi” Rubio shooting victim.
During the meeting with Cruz, the parents showed Cruz a photo of their 10-year-old girl in her coffin.
Kimberly claimed Cruz viewed their daughter’s photo before turning down the couple’s requests to support a new gun reform measure.
Cruz says he supports the presence of law enforcement officers on school campuses.
The post sparked angry reactions from other Uvalde parents, including Brett Cross, whose 10-year-old son Uziyah Garcia was killed in the shooting. “It’s time to vote this bastard out too. Heartless piece of shit! His solution? More police? Wasn’t 376 waiting 77 minutes enough? f*** you!’
The showdown comes after Cruz was criticized after meeting he had Thursday with Kimberly and Felix Rubio, seen left, the parents of Robb Elementary shooting victim Alexandria “Lexi” Rubio. They asked Cruz to introduce gun control, but he refused
A parent who lost their child in the school shooting tweeted their disappointment in Cruz
Kimberly Mata-Rubio, whose daughter Lexi was killed in the shooting along with husband Felix Rubio, presented Cruz a photo of his daughter “in her child’s box” as she called for a federal ban on semi-automatic weapons.