Did Heidi Cruz suffer from depression? Ted Cruz's wife planned luxury stay in Cancun to avoid 'FREEZING' home
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), along with his wife, Heidi Cruz, landed in hot waters for flying to Cancun, Mexico, for a vacation, at a time when their home state is battling a severe winter storm that has left millions without heat, power or water. The controversy only got worse when leaked personal texts sent by Heidi were a stark contrast to what her lawmaker husband said. He tried to pass the blame for the trip on this children, saying that he was only trying to be a "good dad" by flying down for a night because his daughters "asked to take a trip with friends".
"With school canceled for the week, our girls asked to take a trip with friends. Wanting to be a good dad, I flew down with them last night and am flying back this afternoon," he said in the statement. "My staff and I are in constant communication with state and local leaders to get to the bottom of what happened in Texas. We want our power back, our water on, and our homes warm. My team and I will continue using all our resources to keep Texans informed and safe."
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Although he tried to claim that he was planning on only staying for a day in Cancun, Heidi leaked texts to friends in a group chat obtained by The New York Times and suggested otherwise. She asked friends, "Anyone can or want to leave for the week?" Saying, "We may go to Cancún," she referenced a "direct flight" and "hotels w capacity. Seriously." She mentioned that their house was "FREEZING," and suggested a trip lasting until Sunday, February 21. Heidi also went on to plan a stay at The Ritz-Carlton in Cancún which charges $309 per night. She said they had stayed at the hotel "many times" in the past, highlighting the hotel's strong security.
This, however, is not the first time that Heidi has made headlines.
Heidi 'was a danger to herself'
In an incident dating back to 2003, Heidi reportedly suffered severe bouts of depression after quitting her high-powered job at the White House and moved to Austin, Texas, to be with her husband, who was state solicitor general then. She also found it difficult to build a new reputation in the world of finance at Goldman Sachs.
At the time, the police responded to a call about a woman in a pink shirt sitting next to an expressway. The responding officers found Heidi sitting on the ground 10 feet from speeding traffic with her head in her hands, Inside Edition reported. A police officer wrote at the time that Heidi was so depressed that "I believed that she was a danger to herself." In his book, 'A Time For Truth', Ted wrote that Heidi’s moving to Texas "led to her facing a period of depression". In spite of that, Ted told the Atlantic, the couple never considered moving back to the Beltway.
To treat her depression, Heidi went to a religious retreat, where she became resolute in a new sense of self and came to view her husband’s political career as part of God’s purpose for her life. “God’s gonna use you to do something beyond yourself. You just let God take you to Texas, you let him take you wherever,” a counselor reportedly told her. Over the next few years, she rebounded from her depression and in 2016 she said: “I want to use it to strengthen people around me and to recognize that we all have rough patches."