Stop the Steal
10 individual(s)
Ted CruzLast Updated: November 6, 2024
Location
Austin, Texas
Insurrection Related Information
- Voted Against Certification
- Spread Disinformation Online
- Election Denier
Current Office Held
- U.S. Senator, Texas
Executive Summary
This Senator spread disinformation through social media and voted against certifying election results on January 6, 2021.
The cumulative actions of both Senators Hawley and Cruz may amount to violations of several federal criminal statues and Senate rules. Federal law 18 U.S.C. § 2101 prohibits individuals from:
- inciting a riot,
- encouraging others to participate in or carry on a riot, or
- aiding or abetting others. 18 U.S.C. § 2383 prohibits insurrection, and 18 U.S.C. § 2384 prohibit two or more persons from conspiring to use “force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States.”
- Ted Cruz pushed Stop the Steal election lies ahead of Jan. 6 and voted not to certify the election results in the Senate.
- Cruz also pushed conspiracy theories about the election, including two days after Election Day, when he charged that Philadelphia officials were not allowing election observers to watch the counting of votes in the swing state, even though Trump’s lawyers conceded that they had been allowed in the room.
Media Matters Action Network
Current Office Held
U.S. Senator, Texas
Term:
January 3, 2019 - January 3, 2025
Affiliated Organizations
Press Coverage
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Mark Meadows Exchanged Texts With 34 Members Of Congress About Plans To Overturn The 2020 Election
Published on December 12, 2022 Read at Talking Points Memo -
Here Are the 253 Key Political Leaders Who Back Trump’s False Claims of Election Fraud
Published on September 5, 2022 Read at Bloomberg -
The 147 Republicans Who Voted to Overturn Election Results
Published on January 8, 2021 Read at New York Times
Insurrection-Related Media
Sources
- U.S. Senators’ Public Statements (Advance Democracy Inc.)
- The January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol (American Oversight)
- Senate Ethics Complaint - Senators Cruz and Hawley (Campaign for Accountability)
- MEMO: January 6th Research for Public Wise (Media Matters Action Network)
- Capitol Insurrection At Center Of Conservative Movement: At Least 43 Governors, Senators And Members Of Congress Have Ties To Groups That Planned January 6th Rally And Riots. (Accountable US)
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