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As House Sends Impeachment Article, Schumer and McConnell Told to 'Remove Seditious Senators' From Trump Trial

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., right, and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., attend the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College votes of the 2020 presidential election in the House chamber on Thursday, January 7, 2021. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

John Dean: Insurrectionist Senators are Co-Conspirators and Should Not Sit in Judgment of Trump

Common Dreams staff

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., left, and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., attend the second day of the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Supreme Court justice nominee Amy Coney Barrett in Hart Senate Office Building on October 13, 2020 in Washington, DC.

AOC: "Sen. Hawley is trying to wiggle out of inciting a riot that killed 5"

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Schumer Urged to Deny Committee Seats to Hawley, Cruz, and Other Republicans Who 'Incited Deadly Insurrection'

Jake Johnson, staff writer

Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) attend a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday, December 10, 2020.

Republicans who attempted to overturn the 2020 election, said MoveOn, "have no...

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'A Good First Step': Senators File Ethics Complaint Over Cruz and Hawley's Role in Capitol Insurrection

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) speaks with Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) during a joint session of Congress to ratify the 2020 presidential election at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. (Photo: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images)

The move by a group of Democrats comes as demands are building for the two...

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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) stands in the House Chamber during a reconvening of a joint session of Congress on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Members of Congress returned to the House Chamber after being evacuated when protesters stormed the Capitol and disrupted a joint session to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

'His Conduct Was Seditious': House Democrats From Texas Demand Ted Cruz Be Expelled From Senate

Republican Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas; center, fist-bumping) and Josh Hawley (Mo., directly behind Cruz) are being urged to resign for their role in inciting the mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. last week. (Photo: Erin Schaff/AFP via Getty Images)

7,000+ Lawyers, Law Students Demand Hawley and Cruz Resign for Inciting 'Violence and Terror'

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) speaks with Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) during a joint session of Congress to ratify the 2020 presidential election at the U.S. Capitol onJanuary 6, 2021. (Photo: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images)

Top Senate Democrat Patty Murray: 'Hawley and Cruz Should Resign'

In this screenshot taken from a congress.gov webcast, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) speaks during a Senate debate session to ratify the 2020 presidential election at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress has reconvened to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump, hours after a pro-Trump mob broke into the U.S. Capitol and disrupted proceedings. (Photo: congress.gov via Getty Images)

Ocasio-Cortez Says Cruz and Hawley 'Must Resign'—or Be Expelled

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence prepare to preside over Congress' certification of the 2020 Electoral College vote on January 6, 2021. (Photo: Erin Schaff/Getty Images)

Before Chaos Hit, GOP Lawmakers Denounced for 'Desperate Attempt at a Coup' by Denying Election Results

Sanders, Other Critics Denounce GOP Senators' 'Pathetic' Attempt to Undermine Biden's Election Victory

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) speaks with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) during the fourth day of the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which Graham chairs, on October 15, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Bill O'Leary-Pool/Getty Images)

Cruz and Graham Working to Block Biden From Rejoining Paris Climate and Iran Nuclear Deals

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on November 17, 2020.

Seeking 'Biggest Incident of Voter Nullification' in US History, 18 Republican AGs Back Texas Effort to Undo Biden Win

Dismissing Need for Abortion Access, Ted Cruz Claims Pregnancy Is Not 'Life-Threatening'—Despite Alarming Maternal Mortality Rate in US

Weeks After Voting for $740 Billion Pentagon Budget, Ted Cruz Says 'Magic Money Tree' Isn't Available to Struggling Families

President Donald Trump greets India Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the G20 Japan Summit Friday, June 28, 2019 in Osaka, Japan.

'Birds of a Feather, Fascist Together': Critics Decry Trump's Decision to Join India's Modi Onstage at Houston Event

Happy Labor Day: Trump Floats Tax Cut Called 'Pure Giveaway to Wealthy'

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Ted Cruz Stands (For Douchebaggery)

Smarmy weasel Ted Cruz has joined the pious noise about "patriotism" engendered by McCain's death: He just released an ad deriding nemesis Beto O'Rourke's thoughtful, eloquent support for NFL protesters, dragged out a Dr. Strangelove-ish vet who " gave his legs for this country" but would stand if he could, and urged fans to write in declaring #WhyIStand. His jingoism notwithstanding, he's still a loser: a startling new poll puts O'Rourke one slim point behind.

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National Iranian-American Council

NIAC Responds to Baseless Accusations by Senators Cotton, Cruz, and Braun

Social Security Works

Senate Republicans Will Pay the Price for Their Tax Scam Next November

Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)

CAIR Urges Trump Administration Not to Appoint Wisc. Sheriff Who Supported 'Patrols' in Muslim Neighborhoods to DHS Post

Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)

CAIR Slams Cruz’s Comments on ‘Muslim Neighborhoods,’ Trump’s Naming of Islamophobic Adviser

350 Action

350 Action Reacts to Tuesday’s Election Results

Common Cause

Common Cause Urges "Bright Line" Rules for Political Nonprofits

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Ted Cruzifictions

Joel Wendland-Liu

Trump's Anti-Chinese Racist Campaign Strategy Mobilizes Right-Wing Extremists

Heather Digby Parton

Looks Like GOP Might Run With the "Moron Defense" for Trump

Alan Zibel

Ocasio-Cortez and Ted Cruz Agree: The Revolving Door Between Congress and Washington's Lobby Industry Has Got to Go

Norman Solomon

Beto, We Hardly Knew Ye

Jasmine Aguilera

Beto O’Rourke’s Lasting Legacy

Tony Norman

The Gospel According to Donald Trump

Julie Devaney

Trump Is Lowering the Bar for Canada's Healthcare System Too

Sue Sturgis

Congressional Town Halls Become Forums for Anti-GOP Resistance

RoseAnn DeMoro

The Medicare-for-All Imperative: Beyond "Saving" the Affordable Care Act