Hillary takes a swipe at Cruz for leaving poodle Snowflake at home
1Hillary Clinton has blasted Senator Ted Cruz and his family for leaving behind their poodle Snowflake as they jetted off to the Ritz-Carlson hotel in Cancun, Mexico.Cruz, his wife and his daughters headed south of the border on Wednesday, but the dog was left alone in the unheated Houston house. 'Don't vote for anyone you wouldn't trust with your drug,' Clinton tweeted Friday morning.At the time of publication, the tweet had been liked more than 186,000 times and retweeted more than 23,000 times. Cruz is not up for reelection as a U.S. Senator until 2024, but Clinton is telling voters to remember this situation when election season rolls around. Snowflake, which was adopted as a puppy by the family in 2014, was spotted by a reporter at 1pm on Thursday, looking out the front door.A security guard stationed outside the property said that he had been tasked with feeding and tending to the dog, in the freezing home. img id="i-6cdb38fa209a941a" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/02/19/21/39506096-9279859-Hillary_Clinton_blasted_Texas_Senator_Ted_Cruz_for_leaving_behin-a-63_1613769830519.jpg" height="241" width="962" alt="" class="blkBorder img-share" / Copy link to paste in your message +11 img id="i-913529ec1932798c" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/02/19/21/39474948-9279859-At_1pm_on_Thursday_when_the_entire_Cruz_family_was_still_in_sunn-a-64_1613769830521.jpg" height="1020" width="962" alt="" class="blkBorder img-share" / Copy link to paste in your message Cruz said his home lost power at around 6pm on Tuesday night.'It got cold, in the 30s in the house,' he told Sean Hannity's Fox News show on Thursday night, having returned that afternoon, chastened, following an outcry. 'It stayed without power for two days.' Cruz and Heidi, a managing director in Goldman Sachs' Houston office, flew out of Houston airport at 4pm on Wednesday, with their daughters Caroline and Catherine, 10 and 12. Their trip was met with a great deal of criticism, as Cruz was lambasted for jetting to a fancy hotel while his constituents went without power, hot water and heat. Cruz landed back at Houston airport at around 5pm on Thursday. +11 img id="i-8cd7ecd642dd088d" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/02/19/21/39474946-9279859-Snowflake_the_Cruz_s_poodle_was_left_behind_in_their_freezing_ho-a-65_1613769830522.jpg" height="962" width="962" alt="" class="blkBorder img-share" / Copy link to paste in your message Cruz insists it was daughters' idea to flee Texas for Cancun Loaded: 0%Progress: 0%0:00PreviousPlaySkipLIVEMute00:00Current Time 0:00/Duration Time 1:33FullscreenNeed TextVideo Quality576p540p360p270pNo compatible source was found for this video.Foreground---WhiteBlackRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyan---OpaqueSemi-OpaqueBackground---WhiteBlackRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyan---OpaqueSemi-TransparentTransparentWindow---WhiteBlackRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyan---OpaqueSemi-TransparentTransparentFont Size50%75%100%125%150%175%200%300%400%Text