Cruz says he returned to Texas as quickly as he could after news of devastating floods broke. Flight data tells a different story.

As the state quite literally froze over and his constituents went without basic necessities, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and his family booked a flight to Cancún, Mexico, and stayed at the Ritz-Carlton. The New York Times reported that in a group text with friends and neighbors, Cruz's wife, Heidi, revealed she wanted to escape their "FREEZING" house.

Texas, weighs in on some Democrats politicizing Texas' flash floods and commends the state's 'inspirational' rescue efforts on 'Hannity.'

Kellyanne Conway has vehemently defended Ted Cruz’s Greece vacation while Texas was in the throes of deadly floods. Conway has appeared as a guest host of the Hannity program in place of host Sean Hannity,

NBC News' Ryan Chandler spoke with Texas Senator Ted Cruz about the floods and Cruz's stance on the importance of FEMA.