Ted Cruz, a Republican Senator representing the state of Texas, has been making headlines recently due to newly leaked audio recordings (The Washington Post) that show him outlining a plan to challenge the 2020 election results (Austin American-Statesman). The recordings were made by Abby Grossberg, a former producer at Fox News, and were aired on MSNBC (The Daily Beast) and Salon.com.
In these recordings, Cruz is heard discussing a proposal to establish a commission to review the 2020 election results and delay the certification of President Biden’s victory (The Hill) in an effort to overturn the election (The Independent). Cruz admits to describing a “step two” in a plot to create an electoral commission to assess false claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election (Salon.com).
The recordings have caused a stir among both Democrats and Republicans, with some calling for Cruz to resign from his position in the Senate (KXXV). They have also been handed over to Jack Smith’s Department of Justice probe into the Capitol riots (Newsweek).
Cruz was one of eleven senators who objected to the certification of President Biden’s electoral victory on January 6, the same day that a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building (The Week). The recordings of Cruz discussing plans to challenge the election results raise further questions about the role he played in inciting the riots and undermining American democracy.
