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,

Texas’ junior senator was visiting Greece Friday when the Texas flood turned deadly. Cruz, who did not return until Sunday night, communicated with officials from Athens.

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.