Oldest college debate society votes to strip Ted Cruz of Princeton honor for public service

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Princeton’s American Whig-Cliosphic Society voted to strip Sen. Ted Cruz of a public service award.
Society members voted 37-32 in favor of rescinding the honor, The Daily Princetonian reported.
Cruz is facing criticism for his role in the insurrection on January 6 and an ill-timed Cancun trip.
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America’s oldest collegiate debate society has voted to strip Sen. Ted Cruz of its highest honor, according to The Daily Princetonian.

Princeton University’s American Whig-Cliosphic Society passed a motion to rescind the James Madison Award for Distinguish Public Service awarded to Cruz in 2016, the newspaper reported.

Members of the society proposed the motion because unhappy at Cruz’s support of baseless voter fraud claims in the 2020 election and the January 6 Capitol attack.

The award – introduced in 1960 – is bestowed upon individuals who have “taken up the arduous but righteous cause of dedicating their life to the betterment of society,” according to the society’s website.

This is the first time in the society’s history that members have voted to rescind this award, The Daily Princetonian said.


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[Faux pas]

1. HA HA HA

squared plus tax

[Frustratedlady]

2. Maybe this will get his attention.

He seems to be taking all other criticism as a joke.

[choie]

3. How the hell did he get the honor in the first place?

n/t

[ananda]

4. When has Cruz ever done service for anyone but himself?

???

[catrose]

13. My first thought. Did he used to be better at faking it?

[ananda]

25. Or others were more willing to look the other way.

IMHO, Cruz has always been pretty obvious.

[catrose]

26. Always has been to me, but I felt that way about the former guy too

[ananda]

27. It's part of the endemic problems in our society..

that lead to corruption and fascism.

[PJMcK]

5. Hey, Cruz!

Suck it.

[sop]

6. It's true, everyone hates Ted Cruz.

[torius]

7. There's no debate about that!

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

9. Zing!

Nicely done there!

[sheshe2]

8. Cruz

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[MyOwnPeace]

10. Hey Ted!!!!!

[Azathoth]

11. It should never have been awarded to him in the first place

"taken up the arduous but righteous cause of dedicating their life to the betterment of society"

This is, objectively, the very antithesis of Ted Cruz, and has been since he began his career on the national stage.

[lpbk2713]

12. First time ever in 60+ years.

Ted, you really suck.

[keithbvadu2]

14. Rafael does not like the elite academia anyway.

Rafael does not like the elite academia anyway.

Even though he is part of it?

[pnwmom]

19. That's just pretense. This definitely would be a blow to his ego. n/t

[dchill]

15. "Cruz is facing criticism..."

I'm kinda hoping for a lot more than that. But this is good.

[ancianita]

16. lol Now if he could just get stripped of his job.

[paleotn]

17. Why was the vote even close??

Better question...why would anyone even consider giving Cruz an award for anything, much less public service? He was known as a real creep in his Princeton days.

[ailsagirl]

18. 👍👍👍👍👍

[ybbor]

20. Cancel Culture!

[Lucinda]

21. ❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️

[Upthevibe]

22. We MUST use

crapload of ammunition against these horrific low-life's during the upcoming 2022 and 2024 elections! These Republicans voted against their helping their constituents with the COVID Relief bill/American Rescue Plan. This messaging on this point must be perfect. If they can understand how they've been voting against their own interests by electing their representatives who vote against helping their own people maybe we can start winning elections by large margins.

Ted Cruz being stripped of this honor needs to be one more thing to have in the arsenal for anyone who runs against him.

[Upthevibe]

23. We MUST use

the crapload of ammunition against these horrific low-life's during the upcoming 2022 and 2024 elections! These Republicans voted against helping their constituents with the COVID Relief bill/American Rescue Plan. Our messaging on this point must be perfect. If they can understand how they've been voting against their own interests by electing their representatives who vote against helping their own people maybe we can start winning elections by large margins.

Ted Cruz being stripped of this honor needs to be one more thing to have in the arsenal for anyone who runs against him.

[BobTheSubgenius]

24. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *pause for breath*

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA