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- On Wednesday night, Ted Cruz was pictured at Houston airport with his wife Heidi and their children
- He was on the list of standby passengers for an upgrade to business class
- Sources close to him say it was a pre-planned family vacation that he decided to go ahead with despite the energy crisis in Texas
- This week, as many as 4.4million Texans were without power thanks to a bungled response from ERCOT – the energy distributor – to a winter storm
- At least ten people have died trying to stay warm and a state of emergency has been declared
- Cruz said on Tuesday he had ‘no defense’ for the crisis; He has not responded to criticism of the trip yet