Pressure on Ted Cruz Grows as Third Texas Newspaper Calls for Him to Resign

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The El Paso Times became the latest Texas newspaper to call for Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) to step down from the Senate at the weekend over his objections to the president election results, and his role in the "Stop the Steal" campaign.

Releasing an op-ed on Saturday, the newspaper's editorial board said Cruz had to be "held accountable" for his actions ahead of the Capitol riots on January 6, and argued that his contesting of the election contributed to an "insurrection" at the Capitol.

The Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News delivered similarly strong verdicts on the senator in the wake of the Capitol riots earlier this month, with both calling for the Republican to leave the upper chamber.

In its op-ed published Saturday, the Times' editorial board said: "Cruz shouldn't have ignored those who believe the election was rigged. But to borrow from the title one of his books, now was 'A Time for Truth.' And Cruz knew the Stop the Steal campaign was a fraud.

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[MagickMuffin]

1. Your turn Dallas Morning News, Fort Worth Star Telegram, Austin American-Statesman

Time to step up the pressure

Ted Coup Cruz needs to go. He is a danger to democracy.

[Rstrstx]

7. I believe the Austin American Statesman merely called for a censure

I don’t know who owns them or runs the editorial board but they are more conservative than the town they serve. Contrast that to the San Antonio Express News, which has become considerably more liberal since the Obama years.

[TexasTowelie]

17. The Austin American-Statesman is owned by GateHouse,

but they are using the Web software previously used by Gannett. Almost all of the GateHouse newspapers are using the Gannett software.

GateHouse is more conservative than Gannett used to be.

The San Antonio Express and Houston Chronicle are owned by Hearst. The El Paso Times is owned by GateHouse.

The Dallas Morning News is owned by Belo and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram is owned by McClatchy.

[dem in texas]

9. Yes! - Where is the Dallas Morning News?

As a long-time subscriber of the DMN, I keep looking for criticism of Cruz, but get a big fat ZERO.

[MyOwnPeace]

15. Maybe they're still covering

the story of Ted's father's part in the Kennedy assassination. I mean, Donnie said it happened, right?

[onetexan]

12. yup damn guy is a disgusting RWer.

[Bettie]

2. He has no shame and is

nearly as corrupt as that orange man.

He also doesn't seem to recognize that nearly everyone dislikes him and that he creeps most people out.

[lame54]

6. We need to hear from Campbell's and Progresso

[hlthe2b]

3. Good, but I don't think either Cruz or Hawley have any integrity left.

I do hope their staff follows through and desert them en masse--and colleagues shun them. But even then I suspect they will remain to siphon every cent of taxpayer money.

[Mr.Bill]

8. They never had any to begin with. n/t

[SheltieLover]

13. This!👆

[OnDoutside]

4. Cruz shouldn't be allowed attend the Inauguration, especially as his family have a bit of a history

with Presidential assassinations according to the current president.....

[lindysalsagal]

5. Ted's been a senator for 7 years, and hated by humanity for 24.

He first became a lawyer in 1997.

[Marie Marie]

11. I'd be willing to bet that even the Republican Senators wouldn't miss him.

[ffr]

10. And now without T---- there to promote him for breaking is solemn oath.

[marble falls]

14. No Republican in Texas ever resigned purely from newspaper editorials. I think Beto needs ...

... doing his roadwork. Cruz is up again in 2024. I hate to say it, but he's here until we vote him out.

[CanonRay]

16. Republicans don't resign.

The graft is too good.

[generalbetrayus]

18. Senator Al Franken, in his autobiography, ""Al Franken, Giant of the Senate", wrote

"Here's the thing you have to understand about Ted Cruz. I like Ted Cruz more than most of my other colleagues like Ted Cruz. And I hate Ted Cruz."

[mdbl]

19. Cruz is just being true to his party, a giant sleezeball

that's what they like.

[world wide wally]

20. You could've had Beto, dumbfucks

[cannabis_flower]

21. It's not like.....

Any of us here that you are talking to didn’t try to vote him out. None of us here are dumbfucks!

[world wide wally]

22. I know that!

Was talking to the typical Texas voter.

[whopis01]

27. But it is a long standing DU tradition to lump everyone together from red states

I hear all the about how stupid us Floridians are quite often by my fellow DU members.

[bullwinkle428]

23. Unfortunately, these fuckers have all learned from their "lord and master". Just

ignore all the calls to do the right thing, continue to ride out the news cycle, and eventually, something else big enough will happen to make this look like a speck in the rear-view mirror.

"Anyone who joins the military is a sucker or a loser." I rest my case.

[Miigwech]

24. Why is he still silent? What is he holding out for?

I don't trust any of these traitors ... something is cooking

[Blue Owl]

25. Slimy AF

[DFW]

26. Newspaper editorials are not pressure

An impending Federal indictment is pressure, and that‘s not on the menu yet.

Cruz isn‘t going anywhere, and unlike Trump, he couldn‘t care less if he encounters adoring crowds wherever he goes. A true Republican, he cares only about money and power. He is not in the least concerned what people think about how he obtains them.