Sen. Ted Cruz Cracks Cancun Jokes at CPAC

Ted Cruz is already cracking jokes about his infamous trip to Mexico during the deadly winter storm in Texas, and his audience — in Florida — is loving it.

The Senator, who’d been on the PR ropes since jetting to Cancun, took a shot — at himself and his haters — by opening his speech at CPAC in Orlando with a shout-out to the host city, but added, “It’s not as nice as Cancun.” Ba dum tss.

Ted tries to let the punchline sink in and waits a few beats before wrapping up the rest of the joke — but the conservative crowd ate it up.

As you know … Cruz jetted off to warm and sunny Cancun while his constituents were without power, some literally freezing to death. He was shamed into flying back the next day.