{"id":146819,"date":"2026-01-26T03:19:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T03:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/146819\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T03:19:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T03:19:16","slug":"ted-cruz-lamnade-texas-infor-vinterstormen-fern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/146819\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Cruz l\u00e4mnade Texas inf\u00f6r vinterstormen \u201dFern\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Publicerad 25 jan 2026 kl 18.45Uppdaterad kl 20.51<\/p>\n<p>Vinterstormen \u201dFern\u201d h\u00e4rjar \u00f6ver stora delar av USA.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00d6ver 10 000 flighter har st\u00e4llts in, \u00f6ver 800 000 hush\u00e5ll \u00e4r utan str\u00f6m och Texas h\u00f6r till de delstater som drabbats h\u00e5rt.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Men dagar innan stormen skulle sl\u00e5 till fl\u00f6g Texas-senatorn Ted Cruz till Kalifornien.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201dJag har \u00e5terv\u00e4nt fr\u00e5n min jobbresa\u201d, skriver Cruz i ett X-inl\u00e4gg d\u00e4r han h\u00e5nar kritikerna.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Senaste nyhetsklippen fr\u00e5n Expressen.<img   alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Under tisdagen fotades Cruz p\u00e5 en flight till Laguna Beach i Kalifornien.<\/p>\n<p>Foto: X<\/p>\n<p>\u00d6ppna bild i helsk\u00e4rm<img loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Senator Ted Cruz fr\u00e5n Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Foto: JULIA DEMAREE NIKHINSON \/ AP TT NYHETSBYR\u00c5N<\/p>\n<p>\u00d6ppna bild i helsk\u00e4rm<img loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sn\u00f6plogar p\u00e5 Manhattan i New York.<\/p>\n<p>Foto: ERIK PENDZICH\/SHUTTERSTOCK<\/p>\n<p>\u00d6ppna bild i helsk\u00e4rm<img loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>En sn\u00f6t\u00e4ckt flygplats i Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>Foto: MATT ROURKE \/AP\/TT<\/p>\n<p>\u00d6ppna bild i helsk\u00e4rm<\/p>\n<p>\u00d6ver 800 000 hush\u00e5ll i USA \u00e4r str\u00f6ml\u00f6sa till f\u00f6ljd av den kraftiga vinterstormen Fern, rapporterar <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/live-updates\/winter-storm-live-updates-tracking-dangerous-ice-snow\/?id=129469173&amp;entryId=129543800&amp;userab=abcn_du_cat_topic_feature_holdout-474*variant_b_redesign-1939%2Cabcn_popular_reads_exp-497*variant_c_3days_filter-2078%2Cabcn_ad_cadence-481*control-a-1962%2Cabcn_news_for_you_exp-496*variant_a_control-2074%2Cotv_web_content_rec-445*variant_a_control-1849\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABC News<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bara under s\u00f6ndagen st\u00e4lldes 10 000 flighter in \u2013 det h\u00f6gsta antalet sedan starten av pandemin 2019, rapporterar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/flight-cancellations-today-sunday-most-since-covid-pandemic-winter-storm\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CBS News<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>19 delstater har utlyst n\u00f6dl\u00e4ge \u2013 en av dessa \u00e4r <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressen.se\/tagg\/location\/texas\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas<\/a> som drabbats h\u00e5rt.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Men i tisdags \u2013 d\u00e5 de f\u00f6rsta varningarna utf\u00e4rdats f\u00f6r extremkyla och isbildning i delstaten \u2013 fotograferades den republikanska senatorn Ted Cruz d\u00e5 han bordade ett flygplan till Laguna Beach i Kalifornien, vilket bland andra <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/24\/us-news\/sen-ted-cruz-has-snarky-response-after-facing-backlash-for-traveling-ahead-of-disastrous-winter-storm\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Post<\/a> rapporterat om. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kalifornien har just nu v\u00e4rmeb\u00f6lja i st\u00e4llet f\u00f6r vinterkaos.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shea_jordan\/status\/2013836413427417469\" data-provider=\"twitter\" class=\"js-social-embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/shea_jordan\/status\/2013836413427417469<\/a>Cruz har rest bort vid tidigare extremv\u00e4der<\/p>\n<p>M\u00e5nga tolkade senatorns resa som en flykt fr\u00e5n vinterstormen och drog upp andra tillf\u00e4llen d\u00e5 den frispr\u00e5kige senatorn l\u00e4mnat delstaten inf\u00f6r annalkande v\u00e4derkatastrofer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Som hans familjesemester till Mexikanska turistparadiset Canc\u00fan 2021 \u2013 innan den d\u00f6dliga vinterstormen \u201dUri\u201d drabbade Texas med full kraft.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Efter kritiken fl\u00f6g han hem till Houston i f\u00f6rtid, avb\u00f6n i lokala medier och kallade semesterresan f\u00f6r \u201dett misstag\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>F\u00f6rra sommaren befann han sig p\u00e5 vad som kallats f\u00f6r en \u201djetset-semester\u201d i Grekland n\u00e4r \u00f6versv\u00e4mningar sk\u00f6rdade 136 liv i delstaten.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Efter att Kalifornienresan uppm\u00e4rksammats i sociala medier uppgav en talesperson f\u00f6r senatorn att det r\u00f6rde sig om en \u201djobbresa\u201d som varit planerad \u201dveckor i f\u00f6rv\u00e4g\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Och i fredags var Ted Cruz tillbaka i Texas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c5terv\u00e4nde \u2013 och h\u00e4cklade kritiker<\/p>\n<p>\u201dJag har \u00e5terv\u00e4nt hem fr\u00e5n min jobbresa. Det \u00e4r 19 grader (celsius) och vackert. En storm f\u00f6rv\u00e4ntas i morgon kv\u00e4ll\u201d, skrev Cruz och h\u00e4cklade sedan de som kritiserat resan p\u00e5 sociala medier.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201dMen jag har p\u00e5litliga uppgifter fr\u00e5n Twitter att om jag bara lyfter handen p\u00e5 Texas mark, s\u00e5 kommer stormen att v\u00e4nda och solsken, regnb\u00e5gar och enh\u00f6rningar kommer uppenbara sig. S\u00e5 l\u00e5t det ske\u201d, skrev senatorn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/2014828174652166310\" data-provider=\"twitter\" class=\"js-social-embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/2014828174652166310<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Under s\u00f6ndagen har det rapporterats att 134 000 hush\u00e5ll varit utan str\u00f6m i Texas och myndigheterna har uppmanat inv\u00e5nare att h\u00e5lla sig borta fr\u00e5n v\u00e4garna p\u00e5 grund av \u201dlivsfarliga v\u00e4gf\u00f6rh\u00e5llanden\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Under s\u00f6ndagen har skolor i Houston-omr\u00e5det, senatorns hemstad, meddelat att de kommer h\u00e5lla st\u00e4ngt under m\u00e5ndagen till f\u00f6ljd av extremkyla och isiga v\u00e4gar.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Publicerad 25 jan 2026 kl 18.45Uppdaterad kl 20.51 Vinterstormen \u201dFern\u201d h\u00e4rjar \u00f6ver stora delar av USA.\u00a0 \u00d6ver 10&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[22,23,26,27,17,21,24,25,14263,1503,14262,45,28,29,15,16,18,34,55,31,33,32,30,19,14264,20],"class_list":{"0":"post-146819","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rubriker","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-featured-news","11":"tag-featurednews","12":"tag-headlines","13":"tag-huvudnyheter","14":"tag-latest-news","15":"tag-latestnews","16":"tag-location-houston","17":"tag-location-kalifornien","18":"tag-location-texas","19":"tag-location-usa","20":"tag-main-news","21":"tag-mainnews","22":"tag-news","23":"tag-nyheter","24":"tag-rubriker","25":"tag-se","26":"tag-sections-varlden","27":"tag-svenska","28":"tag-sverige","29":"tag-sweden","30":"tag-swedish","31":"tag-top-stories","32":"tag-topic-extremvader","33":"tag-topstories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@se\/115959245217066694","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}