On Friday, February 19, 2021 at 9:19:57 AM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 2/18/2021 11:44 PM, micky wrote:
How did CNN get a copy of a text from Ted Cruz's wife to him about going
to Cancun?
I thought only the sender and the receiver saw texts.


Cruz has, maybe every chance he had, criticized people who left town
when they shoudln't. The mayor of Austin who went to Mexico, Chris
Christie for going to the beach, and one other time that made the news.


A woman called into CNN and she was annoyed that he left town. She
apologized to Mexico, also said "We're not sending our best" !!


Simple. Arlen Holder made them a part of your permanent record.

I found this.
Some phone companies also keep records of sent text messages. ...
Verizon holds texts for up to five days and Virgin Mobile keeps them for
90 days. AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint do not keep the contents of text
messages.

I just saw on the news that Cruz has police protection in front of his
house. Some very unhappy people there.

Still doesn't explain how the media got it, if in fact they did, I haven't
followed it that much. Some laws were violated if a carrier employee
was giving this out. If that's what happened, I'm sure Cruz will be
demanding an investigation.

I'm no fan of Cruz, but there is a difference between a mayor or governor
going on vacation. They are the CEOs, they have direct involvement and
call many of the shots during emergencies like this. Cruz as Senator,
a lot less he could do. I would think that would mainly be listening to
what officials need and if FEMA or similar isn't getting it done, Cruz could
call them up, put pressure on them. But regardless, it sure was terrible
optics for a guy already under a lot of fire for his involvement in the election
lies and attempt to throw out the legal votes of millions of Americans.
I think his political future beyond being a senator is gone.