Cancún Cruz

English

Alternative forms

• Cancun Cruz

Etymology

Referring to Ted Cruz going on vacation to Cancún, Mexico, during the 2021 Texas power crisis.

Proper noun

Cancún Cruz

1. (US politics, derogatory, neologism) U.S. senator Ted Cruz.
   • 2021 February 19, Lisa Lerer, “How Ted Cruz Became the least sympathetic politician in America”, in New York Times:

     Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., said the senator shouldn’t have apologized, and the president’s son Donald Trump Jr. complained that people were trying to “cancel Cancún Cruz” — a defense wrapped in a classically Trumpian insulting nickname.

   • 2021 April 5, “Ted and Lindsey”, Randy Rainbow (lyrics)‎^[1]:

     You'd think they'd be ashamed of the shenanigans they try / But never Cancun Cruz or Lady G

   • 2021 October 6, Joe Lovato, Blood, Love and Justice, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:

     Ken dressed up like Cancun Cruz and sang "Margaritaville." When he got to the chorus, everyone joined in and sang, "I tried to say that my kids were to blame, but I know it was my own damn fault."

   • 2022 April 4, “Cruz's actions display a lack of maturity, poor decision-making”, in Austin American-Statesman, page A8:

     We have all read about “Cancun Cruz,” and how he blamed his poor decision to travel to Cancun during Texas’ winter freeze on his daughters.