Ted Cruz memes are everywhere after he fled to Cancun as Texas faced a weather emergency

• As millions of Texas went without heat or electricity, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz flew to Cancun.
• Cruz later said he was just trying to be a "good dad" to his two daughters during the storm.
• Here are the best memes inspired by Cruz's trip to Cancun, Mexico.

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz $4 amid a $4 to spend time in Cancun, Mexico, with his family. The Texas senator $4 when he was swiftly $4 for fleeing his home state while millions were without electricity and heat during a rare snowstorm and single-digit weather.

Freezing cold, huddling under blankets for warmth, some Texans had to $4 due to frozen pipes and damaged water systems. Families struggling to survive shared $4, with leaking pipes filling homes with ice and flooding buildings.

The dissonance infuriated many as Cruz, one of the state's two US senators, escaped to a warm destination while Texans faced a climate catastrophe.

In a statement Thursday, Cruz said he decided to leave Texas to be a "good dad" to his two daughters.

"With school cancelled for the week, our girls asked to take a trip with friends," Cruz said Thursday's statement. "Wanting to be a good dad, I flew down with them last night and am flying back this afternoon."

But text messages $4 and $4 showed that the vacation was planned by his wife, Heidi.

Naturally, the controversy immediately led to memes and TikToks online.

@probablywatchingcongress

Looks like your vacay got cut short senator #tedcruz #cancun #zodiackiller

♬ Chug jug with you - Frend?

@millennialloteria

Still not the worst thing he’s done in 2021... ##TedCruz ##MAGA ##Texas

♬ Conga - Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

—Nico Correia (@notn1co) $4

Cruz leaning on his children for an excuse provided fodder for many of the memes.

—Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) $4

—Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) $4

—helen (@helen) $4

The most popular Cruz memes of the week edited other people into photos of the senator in the airport, or edited Cruz into other famous photos.

—Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) $4

—Jerry Saltz (@jerrysaltz) $4

—raf (@rafaelshimunov) $4

—Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) $4

The internet didn't leave out Snowflake, the family poodle Cruz apparently left at home during his trip to Mexico, $4

—Michael Tannenbaum (@iamTannenbaum) $4

—MeltLikeButta (@JWButta) $4