Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has a suggestion for CNN after it published a story about a family leaving the United States for Italy.
On Tuesday, Cruz shared a screen shot of an article published by CNN with a headline that read, “This family is moving to Italy because they’ve had enough of the US.”
“If [CNN] hates America so much, they are welcome to move elsewhere…,” the Texas senator wrote.
If @cnn hates America so much, they are welcome to move elsewhere…. pic.twitter.com/w2TMW99oSX
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) August 8, 2023
Several users on X, formerly known as Twitter, roasted Cruz as they noted his decision to travel to Cancun in 2021 while his state was facing a power crisis due to a winter storm.
Like Cancun for example? https://t.co/VYMSZkWUOo
— Bob Levine (@idguy) August 8, 2023
Like how you fled to Cancun when it got cold in Texas?
— Richard (@RM81_) August 8, 2023
Says a man who flees his state for cancun anytime there's a thunderstorm
— Son Of Jam (@RvrLrd) August 8, 2023
According to CNN, “In 2019, the Dawkins family – Nadine, 59, her husband, Kim, 61, and their children Lorenzo, 29, and DeNae, 27 – bought a charming home in the town of Latronico. In the southern region of Basilicata, the town of 4,000 inhabitants is located within the pristine Pollino National Park and surrounded by hot springs.”
“They got excited after reading CNN’s article about Latronico’s initiative to sell cheap houses that are already inhabitable, rather than ruins for one euro, or a little over a dollar. The town advertises available properties on a dedicated website,” it added.
Nadine Dawkins told the outlet, her family decided to leave the U.S. after the death of George Floyd in 2020.
“[It] showed the world how we as Black people in America have been treated for centuries,” she explained. “All the racism, all the divisiveness, all the hate that the last administration brought to the forefront.”
Dawkins continued, “Basically, police brutality towards Black people, mass shootings from domestic terrorists, and just the overall hate in this country is why we are leaving the USA.”
She added, “We need to get out of America, so we leave. The US is a divided and a very divisive country, voting rights are being rolled back and Black history is undone. I’m tired.”
CNN noted the Dawkins family hopes to acquire Italian citizenship. But in the meantime, they will be spending six months of the year in Italy and the rest of the year in Panama to fulfill the “90 days in every 180 days” rule required of non-European Union citizens.