https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mckaycoppins/the-trials-and-triumphs-of-heidi-cruz
The Trials And Triumphs Of Heidi Cruz
Ted and Heidi Cruz have always had big ambitions for public service. A decade ago, uprooting her career was a difficult detour. This profile, which was first published in 2015, has been shared widely after Donald Trump attacked Heidi Cruz.
McKay Coppins | Megan Apper
Last updated on March 26, 2016, at 9:31 a.m. ET | Posted on March 18, 2015, at 6:22 p.m. ET
Around 10 p.m. on the night of Aug. 22, 2005, the Austin Police Department dispatched Officer Joel Davidson to an intersection a couple miles west of the Texas city’s downtown. A passerby had called to report that a woman in a pink shirt was sitting on the ground near the MoPac Expressway with her head in her hands, and no sign of a vehicle nearby. When the officer arrived, he found the woman on a swath of grass between an onramp and the freeway. She said her name was Heidi Cruz.
According to a police report recently obtained by BuzzFeed News, Officer Davidson proceeded to question Cruz, whose husband, Ted, was then serving as Texas solicitor general. He asked what she was doing by the expressway; she replied that she lived on nearby Hartford Street, and "had been walking around the area." She went on to tell Davidson that she was not on any medication and that she hadn't been drinking, aside from "two sips of a margarita an hour earlier with dinner." He wrote that he "did not detect any signs of intoxication."
The heavily redacted report goes on to describe that Davidson believed Cruz was a “danger to herself,” and notes that she was sitting 10 feet away from traffic. He asked if he could transport her somewhere — the proposed location is redacted — but she was "reluctant, stating that maybe she should ... get a ride home" instead. Eventually, Cruz followed him to his patrol car, and they departed the scene.
In response to questions about the incident, an adviser to Heidi Cruz's husband, Sen. Ted Cruz, sent a statement to BuzzFeed News shedding light on a period of their lives that the couple has not previously discussed in public.
"About a decade ago, when Mrs. Cruz returned from D.C. to Texas and faced a significant professional transition, she experienced a brief bout of depression," said Jason Miller, an adviser to the senator. "Like millions of Americans, she came through that struggle with prayer, Christian counseling, and the love and support of her husband and family."
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