Amid catastrophic flash floods in central Texas over the 2025 Fourth of July holiday weekend, a rumor spread online that one of the state's U.S. senators, Ted Cruz, continued to sightsee while on vacation in Greece the day after disaster struck his constituents.

Cruz was captured queuing up to visit the Parthenon in Athens, Greece, on Saturday afternoon local time, after Texas authorities had already announced 24 deaths from the catastrophic flash floods in the Texas Hill Country and Gov. Greg Abbott (R) had signed a disaster declaration to aid the response.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz was pictured at the Parthenon in Greece, reportedly 24 hours after devastating floods hit the Hill Country, killing at least 105 people. The photo came as Cruz said he flew back to Texas “as fast as humanly possible,