Posted on 10/25/2022 5:58:41 AM PDT by RandFan
A forthcoming book by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) reveals that he and some of his Republican colleagues hid in a supply closet shortly after hearing news of violence on Jan. 6, 2021.
“While we waited for the Capitol to be secured, I assembled our coalition in a back room (really, a supply closet with stacked chairs) to discuss what we should do next,” Cruz writes in “Justice Corrupted: How the Left Weaponized Our Legal System,” according to Newsweek.
Cruz says “several” Republicans argued during that meeting that the party should suspend objections and vote to certify the 2020 election.
“I understood the sentiment. But I vehemently disagreed with it,” he writes in his book that will be published on Tuesday.
“I urged my colleagues that the course of action we were advocating was the right and principled one,” he writes.
The 2016 presidential candidate ultimately joined five other Republican senators in voting against the certification of the 2020 election result in Arizona and six others against the certification of the Pennsylvania result.
Sens. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Roger Marshall (R-Kansas), John Kennedy (R-La.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) voted against certification of Arizona alongside Cruz, while Cruz, Tuberville, Marshall, Hyde-Smith and Hawley were joined by Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) in their votes against certification of Pennsylvania.
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If one single member of Congress would have done so, they would be a national hero. Not even any need to agree, just walk out and meet them and hear their concerns.
It would have utterly stood out.
Hide why? I thought it was nothing but peaceful?
Absolutely
I know damn well that if I was a Senator I would’ve waded chest deep into that crowd and asked them to disperse.
Also, "hid in a supply closet" isn't exactly an unbiased headline. Everybody was looking for secure places and they had to gather somewhere.
I have seen democrat party protests with them roaming the halls of congress and zero was done about it.
Cruz is part of the anti-trumpers.
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