Sign now: Ted Cruz must resign

Sen. Cruz must resign for attacking our democracy and ignoring the needs of his constituents.

Dear fellow MoveOn member,

In the midst of the devastating climate crisis that's resulted in millions of Texans being forced to go without power and water during the worst extreme weather in a generation, Ted Cruz took off on a family vacation to Mexico.¹ He's failed us again. It's long past time for him to resign. 

Senator Ted Cruz voted to acquit Trump after he incited a deadly insurrection, and now, instead of connecting his constituents with emergency services as they freeze and starve with no power, he left the country to go on a vacation. Cruz is a failure. He must resign from office for his role in enabling the violent white supremacist insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and for failing Texans by leaving for vacation while his constituents freeze and starve to death.

On Wednesday, January 6, we witnessed an unprecedented assault on our democracy. A violent mob of white supremacists stormed the Capitol building, ransacking and vandalizing members' offices and the very chambers of the Senate and the House. Five people, including one Capitol Police officer, died as a result.

The seeds for this violent assault were planted well before January 6. Senator Ted Cruz was among the loudest voices in the Senate calling for an overturning of the will of tens of millions of voters in November's election in states like Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Georgia.

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Despite dozens of failed court challenges and no evidence of fraud whatsoever, Sen. Cruz repeatedly stated that the election results from states he doesn't even represent were irregular and that they required further investigation.

He continued to peddle these blatant lies for his own political gain, even going so far as to send out a fundraising email while the siege of the Capitol was underway.

Sen. Cruz has blood on his hands. To him, this was a political game where he put his future opportunity to run for president above the people of Texas. He won't even help Texans get the resources they need as they suffer through the worst storm in a generation. Instead, he chose to flee to Mexico for a family vacation in our time of need. He has lost the right to represent Texans in the U.S. Senate. He must resign immediately.

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Thanks!

–Camille Martin, Voto Latino

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Source: 

1. "Ted Cruz returning to Texas after leaving for Cancun amid Texas power outage," Yahoo News, February 18, 2021

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