7 Senators Demand An Investigation Of Ted Cruz And Josh Hawley

Seven Democratic Senators have requested that the Senate Ethics Committee open an investigation into Sens. Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley.

Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Ron Wyden of Oregon, Tina Smith of Minnesota, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, Tim Kaine of Virginia and Sherrod Brown of Ohio wrote:

When Senators Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley introduced they’d object to the counting of statecertified electors on January 6, 2021, they amplified claims of election fraud that had resulted in threats of violence in opposition to state and native officers across the nation. Whereas Congress was
debating Senator Cruz’s objection, a violent mob stormed the Capitol. These insurrectionists
ransacked the constructing, stole property, and brazenly threatened Members of Congress and the Vice
President. By continuing with their objections to the electors after the violent assault, Senators Cruz and Hawley lent legitimacy to the mob’s trigger and made future violence extra doubtless.
Senators Hawley and Cruz’s actions have been denounced by people throughout the political
spectrum.

The Senate has the unique energy to find out whether or not these actions violated its
ethics guidelines, to analyze additional conduct of which we is probably not conscious that will have violated
these guidelines, and to think about applicable self-discipline. The query the Senate should reply shouldn’t be
whether or not Senators Hawley and Cruz had the precise to the article to the electors, however whether or not the
senators didn’t “[p]ut loyalty to the very best ethical rules and to nation above loyalty to
individuals, social gathering, or Authorities division” or engaged in “improper conduct reflecting on the
Senate”. The Senate Ethics Committee ought to examine their conduct to totally perceive their function. The actions of which we all know demand an investigation and a dedication whether or not disciplinary motion is warranted. Till then, a cloud of uncertainty will hold over them and over this physique.

Until Cruz and Hawley labored with the insurrectionists to plot the rebellion, it’s unlikely that they’ll face felony fees. Those who tried to topple the government believed that they were doing what Cruz wanted.
A Senate Ethics Committee investigation is the beginning of figuring out what function Cruz and Hawley could have performed within the rebellion. Their actions through the certification of the outcomes after the assault had been unhealthy sufficient that they deserve investigation and attainable motion.

Cruz and Hawley thought that they had been setting themselves up for 2024 presidential runs with their cynical actions, however their problem of the election outcomes doubtless ended their White Home goals and will finish their Senate careers.

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Mr. Easley is the founder/managing editor, who’s White Home Press Pool, and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Diploma in Political Science. His graduate work targeted on public coverage, with a specialization in social reform actions.

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