In explaining his disastrous Cancún trip, Sen. Ted Cruz failed to mention his college roommate also was along for the visit,” Axios reports.

“Cruz invited David Panton, his longtime friend and former roommate at Princeton and Harvard Law, to join the family getaway.”

HuffPost notes Cruz’s already-flimsy excuse for jetting off to Cancun while his state suffered from one of its worst disasters continues to fall apart.

we’re to believe Ted Cruz has a friend?