Kellyanne Conway has vehemently defended Ted Cruz’s Greece vacation while Texas was in the throes of deadly floods.Conway has appeared as a guest host of the Hannity program in place of host Sean Hannity,

The Texas senator was seen touring the Parthenon in Athens. His staff said the senator booked the earliest flight back to Texas when he learned of the disaster.

The Republican senator, who was on a planned family vacation, did not return to his state until 72 hours after the deadly disaster, which his spokeswoman said was as quickly as possible.