Ted Cruz Ripped On Twitter After Joining Washington Trucker Convoy’s COVID Mandates Protest

Sen. Ted Cruz faced a wave of backlash on Twitter after he shared a video of himself riding in the passenger side alongside truckers from the “People’s Convoy.”

The group, which has been hovering around the Washington D.C. area, has been staging a protest of COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine mandates since last week.

On Thursday, Cruz shared a video of himself in a trucker’s rig as he waved to supporters. “Thank you to every trucker who is standing up for freedom for every man, woman, and child in America!” he captioned the video.

The Texas Republican senator also spoke to a crowd of supporters and truckers in Hagerstown, Maryland. “Your voice is being heard,” he said. “What the men and women want here is for the government to leave you the hell alone. That is the most American sentiment you could imagine.”

Cruz’s name began trending on Thursday, with people slamming him over his participation in the protest.

One critic appeared to reference Cruz’s controversial trip to Cancun in 2021, while Texas suffered a widespread power outage following a winter storm.

“Ted Cruz driving around in the Freedom Convoy today provides another example of a situation he will try to exploit to his advantage. But when it comes to his constituents, he prefers to abandon them for a warmer, more comfortable climate,” one person wrote.

Meanwhile, one person attempted to distance himself and the state of Texas from Cruz. “​​As a resident of Texas, I would like to make clear that Senator Ted Cruz in no way represents the will or the opinions of the people of Texas,” the individual wrote.

The People’s Convoy arrived in Maryland over the weekend and has been circling the Capital Beltway to protest the COVID-19 restrictions, which they believe is a violation of their freedom.

While it is unclear when the trucker convoy will leave the D.C. area, group leaders have met with some Republican members of the House Transportation Committee to share their concerns.