Ted Cruz faces miles of "boos" from his own constituents at Astros parade
Houston, Texas - Senator Ted Cruz received a wild welcome at the Houston Astros' parade following their World Series win that included a three-mile trek where he endured a chorus of "boos" from the people he was elected to serve.
When Cruz attended the Astros game in NYC against the Yankees, he received a standing ovation of "boo's" and middle finger salutes from those in attendance.
Some worried how the Philadelphia Phillies fans would treat him after what they witnessed in New York, but Cruz managed to stay under the radar throughout the entirety of the series. If he was at the Astros' Game 6 win in Houston, he certainly didn't make it well-known.
However, that was not the case during the Astros Parade in Houston in celebration of the team securing their second World Series win in five years.
Twitter users flocked to the social media platform on Monday to post videos of a rather jarring scene featuring Sen. Cruz and his family partaking in the three-mile parade, waving from the back of what appears to be a military-style Humvee as the crowd aggressively boos him while shouting expletives in his direction.
At one point, someone even threw a can directly at Cruz's head, which a security guard also aboard the Humvee batted away just before it was about to hit him. The person who threw the can was later arrested.
In the videos, Cruz's children, who were also along for the ride, appeared to be quite distraught amid the nonstop hate getting thrown their dad's way.
Texans let Ted Cruz know how they really feel ahead of Election Day
The Astros parade in downtown Houston, Texas took place one day before Election Day for the 2022 midterms. Though Sen. Cruz's future isn't on the ballot this time around, the same isn't true of fellow Texas Republicans such as Gov. Greg Abbott, Attorney General Ken Paxton, and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.
Cruz currently serves as a Texas senator, just barely defeating Gubernatorial hopeful Beto O'Rourke in 2018.
However, Cruz's popularity amongst his constituents seems to have taken a hit, which was widely apparent on Monday, thanks to his decision to flee the state for Cancun when the power grid failed in February 2021, doubling down on the GOP's attack on human rights, and failing to do just about anything to stabilize the grid or address gun violence in the state.
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