“He has conducted himself shamelessly, and I think he has done this because he believes it's the only way, the only chance that he has to win the Republican nomination for president,” Joaquin Castro said.
Julián and Joaquin Castro call on Ted Cruz to resign after he objected to Joe Bidenâs victory just before pro-Trump rioters breached Congress Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, right, Sen. Edward Markey, D-Massachusetts, left, and Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, center, walk from the House of Representatives to the Senate at the U.S. Capitol after a challenge was raised during the joint session to certify the 2020 election results, in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. (Source: REUTERS/Mike Theiler) By MITCHELL FERMAN | January 7, 2021 at 9:31 AM CST - Updated January 7 at 6:40 PM
Julián and Joaquin Castro call on Ted Cruz to resign after he objected to Joe Biden s victory just before pro-Trump rioters breached Congress
Texas Tribune
Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas faced calls for his resignation Wednesday as Texas Democrats said his leading role in efforts to block the certification of President-elect Joe Biden s electoral victory empowered the pro-Donald Trump rioters who breached the Capitol and disrupted the certification process.
Texas Democrats U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro and his brother Julián Castro, a former presidential candidate, asked Cruz, also a former presidential candidate, to step down on Twitter.
“He has conducted himself shamelessly, and I think he has done this because he believes it s the only way, the only chance that he has to win the Republican nomination for president,” Joaquin Castro said from the Capitol in a virtual interview with The Texas Tribune on Wednesday.
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Lawmakers and other public officials in Texas are calling for Sen. Ted Cruz to resign over his role in fomenting the baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election being stolen from President Donald Trump, which culminated in the storming of Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa said Cruz undermined our democracy, inspired treasonous, seditious acts, and brought shame to Texas.
Cruz s former opponent, Beto O Rourke, said in part: There must be consequences for Cruz s role in the insurrection and his cynical, self serving sedition which inspired the terrorists and coup plotters who stormed the halls of our nation s government.