Hawley, Cruz face rising anger, possible censure

[DonViejo]

BY ALEXANDER BOLTON - 01/12/21 06:00 AM EST

Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) are facing a possible vote on a censure resolution in the Senate as Democrats and some Republicans blame them for the mob that attacked the Capitol last week.

Several Democratic senators have called on Hawley and Cruz to resign and Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) have called for them to be expelled if they don’t step down voluntarily.

Democratic aides say there is a discussion about censuring the two lawmakers for helping to incite protesters who temporarily halted the counting of the Electoral College last week after overrunning Capitol Police.

Some Republican colleagues are also not happy about Hawley and Cruz, though GOP criticism of the pair tends to be softer than the barbs thrown toward President Trump, who is even more widely blamed for the debacle.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/533740-hawley-cruz-face-rising-anger-possible-censure

[mobeau69]

1. They need to be expelled.

[still_one]

2. As long as they still push the LIE that this election was "fraudulent", and trump won, at a

minimum they need to be censured, but in truth if they are still pushing that lie then they have violated there oath and should be expelled

[The Blue Flower]

3. Not only expulsion

They need to be prosecuted after they lose their jobs.

[Bluethroughu]

4. Remove them from office

Charge them appropriately for inciting violence and continuing the rhetoric while under seige.

They are dangerous and unfit for office.

[dalton99a]

5. Beto on the traitor Cruz:

[MustLoveBeagles]

35. Beto rocks

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[central scrutinizer]

6. Censure isn't nearly enough

Hell, they’ll wear it like a badge of honor to woo the MAGAts.

[True Blue American]

7. Expell both of them!

[Towlie]

8. Censure? Does that mean rubbing one finger across the top of the other and saying "Naughty naughty"?

 
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Seems rather harsh, doesn't it?

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

18. Or it's going to be saying "tsk, tsk, tsk. You shouldn't to that."

Meanwhile, Susan Collins is concerned.

[CaptainTruth]

21. My understanding is that censure can mean what Congress wants it to mean.

Censure isn't defined in the Constitution or law, so it would be whatever punishment the Senate put in the censure resolution, within legal limits of course.

[Nevilledog]

32. I'm okay with it including having Traitor tattooed on their foreheads

[lagomorph777]

9. Expulsion would be an appropriate first step to punish sedition.

Legal consequences need to follow.

[Vivienne235729]

10. If they had any shred of decency, they would resign. But they will

Are too power hungry to do that. They need to be expelled.

[niyad]

19. If they had a shred of decency, they would not support the murdering, orange traitor. Nor

would they have supported and inflamed that insurrectionist mob of murderers.

[AZ8theist]

26. Cruz?? Shred of Decency???

Don't make me laugh....the man is the definition of "Fascist ASSHOLE"
Cruz wouldn't know decent if it ran over him on Interstate 10 in El Paso....

[PatrickforO]

11. I saw this. These two must, absolutely must, be held accountable.

This can never happen again. Never.

[ananda]

12. If they won't resign, ghost them.

No committee assignments, no perks,
offices in the basement, etc.

[RicROC]

14. shun them

Other members do not address them by name if they remain in Congress.

[Bob_in_VA]

24. Won't work

Committee assignments are done by each party. The Republican caucus would have to do this and I doubt that they would. Not sure about office assignments and, as far as I know, Perks are not assigned, just there for all to use (or abuse).

[Wawannabe]

13. Expulsion

Fire those fuckers!!

[BusyBeingBest]

15. Censure means nothing. They are traitors.

[patphil]

17. Exactly. They enabled the insurrection, and must pay the price.

[Politicub]

23. It amounts to nothing more than a sternly-worded letter.

And a waste of time, imho. I want to see Cruz and Hawley saddled with something with teeth.

[matt819]

16. These people have no shame

A censure to them would be a badge of honor. They would fund raise off of it. They almost certainly still believe that they have done nothing wrong.

Expel them.

[handmade34]

20. censure is a joke

in this situation...

[theneworiginal]

22. Well, not if they have to go to bed without dessert, too.

Yeah, let's just say tsk, tsk, tsk and waive our fingers at them for enabling Treason.

Offering censure is a proactive get-out-of-jail-free pass disguised as a show of strength.

[634-5789]

25. Can't happen fast enough. Remove both of these miserable traitors.

[Lokee11]

27. Does anyone think these assholes care about being censured?

It is like telling these nasty fucks to go sit in the corner for 5 minutes!

Anyone who would be affected by being censured, would never have even contemplated doing what they did and continue to do, in the first place.

C'mon Man!

They need to be kicked out - will not happen because the whole Rethuglican party is deplorable, but censure, as someone already stated, is a joke!

FDT!

[volstork]

28. Kick them out.

They have violated their oath.

[marieo1]

29. Get rid of trash

Expel both of them now. Neither has done anything good for our country.

[dlk]

31. No mercy-they need to be expelled

Traitors can’t be coddled or expected to see the error of their ways. It makes about as much sense as trying to reason with a rabid dog.

[Miigwech]

33. Here is their theme song ... all the repub , gop traitors, NEVER FORGET

FROM Cabaret ..... stop it now or it will rise again from the ashes of WWII .... well guess it has done so again but this time in the greatest beacon of freedom!!! How did this happen? Look no further then cruz, mitch, trump, hawley, fox news, tucker, sean h, all of them ... they want to keep it alive ...

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[Permanut]

34. Boy, that'll teach 'em..

and if censure doesn't cause enough shame, embarrassment and repentance, why, a sternly-worded letter would be next. I hate to think what effect that letter would have. Devastating, I'm sure.

[UTUSN]

36. K&R

[Luz]

37. But did it buy him the trump base? If that's all he wants

then a censure will be his badge of honor amongst those fools.

[AirmensMom]

38. Yeah that should do it.

Are they kidding? Anyone remember why Al Franken was forced to resign? And this shit isn't as bad, or what? Kick them out! SMDH