Ted Cruz cuts short European vacation due to deadly Texas flooding

Sen. Ted Cruz was exploring ancient Greek ruins with his family when deadly flash flooding was ravaging central Texas.

The Texas Republican was touring the Parthenon with his wife Heidi just over 24 hours after the Guadeloupe River overflowed its banks early on the morning of July 4, a witness told The Daily Beast.

“The Senator was already in the middle of preplanned family vacation travel overseas when the flooding occurred on July 4,” Cruz’s office told The Post.

“Within hours, he spoke by phone with Governor [Greg] Abbott, Lt. Governor [Dan] Patrick, Texas Emergency Management Director Nim Kidd, and President Trump, working to ensure that the maximum federal assets were available for search and rescue.”

Cruz, 54, flew back from “Athens on Sunday morning and was back in Texas that night,” his office added.

The unidentified witness told The Daily Beast that Cruz “was with his family and a lone security guard” at the world-famous site. “As he walked past us, I simply said, ‘20 kids dead in Texas and you take a vacation?’

“He sort of grunted and walked on. His wife shot me a dirty look. Then they continued on with their tour guide.”

Cruz spokesperson, Macarena Martinez, blasted the Daily Beast story as “A bulls— piece published by a bulls— rag outlet with no credibility, and with no regard for the tragedy in Texas. “The Senator is on the ground in Texas and arrived as fast as humanly possible.”

At least 95 people have been killed by the flooding and at least 41 are believed to be missing.

Critics said the Cruz’s European vacation evoked memories of his vacation in Cancun during the February 2021 power crisis in Texas following three severe winter storms — which left an estimated 4.5 million homes and businesses shivering in the dark.