At a Senate hearing in Thursday, Cruz worried that long sessions of looking at phones and tablets were leading to increased rates of anxiety, social withdrawal and suicide

As Texas braces for another round of severe winter weather, a viral social media post has reignited scrutiny of one of the state’s most prominent political figures.

The decade-old clip circulated in 2026 as the Trump administration sought to acquire Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark.

The senator is one of the few who have supported President Donald Trump’s push to take possession of the territory.

Cruz's comments came about two weeks after the U.S. military captured that country's president, Nicolas Maduro, in an overnight raid.