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Election gambit blows up on Hawley and Cruz
Politico
The potential 2024 contenders face a fierce backlash after the riot at the Capitol.
By MARIANNE LEVINE, HOLLY OTTERBEIN and BURGESS EVERETT
01/09/2021 10:12 AM EST
Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz have positioned themselves as heirs to President Donald Trump’s base. But their decision to embrace Trump’s election challenge is fueling major blowback — even as they remain largely unrepentant after this week’s deadly riot.
Following the insurrection at the Capitol, the potential 2024 presidential candidates are facing Democratic calls to resign and charges from their own party that they incited violence in the name of political opportunism. Cruz said that such allegations were “ludicrous.”
“What I was doing was the exact opposite of inciting violence,” the Texas Republican said in an interview. “What I was doing is debating principle and law and the Constitution on the floor of the United States Senate. That is how we resolve issues in this country without resorting to violence.”
Hawley, who was photographed fist pumping protesters before they raided the Capitol, declined to be interviewed for this story.
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The potential 2024 contenders face a fierce backlash after the riot at the Capitol.
By MARIANNE LEVINE, HOLLY OTTERBEIN and BURGESS EVERETT
01/09/2021 10:12 AM EST
Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz have positioned themselves as heirs to President Donald Trump’s base. But their decision to embrace Trump’s election challenge is fueling major blowback — even as they remain largely unrepentant after this week’s deadly riot.
Following the insurrection at the Capitol, the potential 2024 presidential candidates are facing Democratic calls to resign and charges from their own party that they incited violence in the name of political opportunism. Cruz said that such allegations were “ludicrous.”
“What I was doing was the exact opposite of inciting violence,” the Texas Republican said in an interview. “What I was doing is debating principle and law and the Constitution on the floor of the United States Senate. That is how we resolve issues in this country without resorting to violence.”
Hawley, who was photographed fist pumping protesters before they raided the Capitol, declined to be interviewed for this story.
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His aim was to continue was POTUS indefinitely - and he's said that countless times. 
