Princeton Alumni Condemn Ted Cruz's Role To 'Undermine Democracy'

Princeton NJ

11 January, 2021

12:08 PM

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PRINCETON, NJ — Around 300 Princeton University alumni who were classmates of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) have released a joint statement denouncing his role in objecting to the certification of Joe Biden as President, even after the Capitol riots on Wednesday. "We, the undersigned Princeton alumni, class of '92, unequivocally condemn the attempt of fellow graduate Ted Cruz '92 to undermine democracy and our Constitution by improperly challenging the election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as President and Vice-President of the United States," read the statement. Cruz, a 1992 graduate of Princeton University challenged the Electoral College certification process, even after a pro-Trump mob stormed into the U.S. Capitol forcing lawmakers and staff in the House and Senate to shelter in place. According to the statement, elected government officials take an "oath to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic." "Inventing false claims of voter fraud that lawyers are too afraid to present in courts where there are actual consequences for lying, and trying to use the ensuing controversy to challenge a Constitutionally proper proceeding to ratify the decision of the Electoral College is by all fair measures utterly inconsistent with this oath." "Ted Cruz '92 did all of the above and then, unconscionably, sent out a fundraising appeal during an attack on the electoral vote certification process on Jan 6, 2021," said the statement. According to the Houston Chronicle, Cruz' campaign sent out fundraising texts on Wednesday based off his electoral college challenge, even as rioters stormed the Capitol to prevent the Electoral College certification of Joe Biden as the next president. Wednesday's incident produced stunning images of chaos and mayhem that left five people dead, including US Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick. A growing number of lawmakers are calling for Cruz to resign saying he was "complicit in a lie." Both @HawleyMO and @SenTedCruz have betrayed their oaths of office and abetted a violent insurrection on our democracy. I am calling for their immediate resignations. If they do not resign, the Senate must expel them.— Sherrod Brown (@SenSherrodBrown) January 9, 2021 Cruz responded to their criticism saying it was "stoking divisions" and "spreading hatred." Stop stoking division. Stop spreading hatred. Stop using malicious rhetoric (such as false & reckless charges of "sedition"). Stop showing contempt for the half of the country that disagrees with you. Violence is wrong. We can do better. We are one Nation. #EPluribusUnum https://t.co/Kikh4dW46u— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) January 6, 2021