Princeton political and debate society votes to strip Ted Cruz of prestigious honor for trying to overturn presidential election
Updated Mar 06, 2021;
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The nation’s oldest collegiate debate and political union voted to strip U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of its highest honor for his role in trying to overturn the November presidential election.
Princeton University’s American Whig-Cliosophic Society voted to rescind the James Madison Award for Distinguished Public Service awarded to Cruz, a member of the Class of 1992.
It was the first time that the society voted to take back the award, according to the Daily Princetonian, which first reported the decision.
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Society members voted 37-32 in favor of rescinding the honor, The Daily Princetonian reported.
Cruz is facing criticism for his role in the insurrection on January 6 and an ill-timed Cancun trip.
America s oldest collegiate debate society has voted to strip Sen. Ted Cruz of its highest honor, according to The Daily Princetonian.
Princeton University s American Whig-Cliosphic Society passed a motion to rescind the James Madison Award for Distinguish Public Service awarded to Cruz in 2016, the newspaper reported.
Members of the society proposed the motion because unhappy at Cruz s support of baseless voter fraud claims in the 2020 election and the January 6 Capitol attack.