Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz got a haircut Friday at the salon owned by Shelley Luther, who was briefly jailed for refusing to obey stay-at-home orders.
Luther, who opened Salon à la Mode nearly two weeks ago, was
for ignoring a court order to close from state Judge Eric Moyé, who sentenced her to seven days in Dallas County jail Tuesday and hit her with a $7,000 fine.Pence aide’s positive coronavirus test is second this week for White House as Trump tries to project normalcy The state's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered Dallas County officials to free Luther while they weigh an appeal challenging her incarceration.
Cruz wrote on Twitter: "Hair salons & barbershops are open in TX today. Just got my hair cut for first time in 3 months at Salon ALa Mode to support Shelley Luther, who was wrongly imprisoned when she refused to apologize for trying to earn a living. Glad Shelley is out of jail & her business is open!"
The fine and jail sentence came as barbershops and hair salons were allowed to reopen Friday under an executive order issued by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. Under Abbott’s previous stay-at-home order, effective April 2, salons and other nonessential businesses were required to close.
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