Rafael Edward Cruz

“ But for those who respect the voters, simply telling the voters, “Go jump in a lake; the fact that you have deep concerns is of no moment to us,” that jeopardizes, I believe, the legitimacy of this and subsequent elections.
The Constitution gives to Congress the responsibility this day to count the votes. ”

“ The acting Attorney General of the United States has no idea that our law enforcement is surveilling and targeting a three-star general who is the incumbent incoming national security adviser, but the president knows. Why was Jim Comey briefing Barack Obama directly on the targeting of their political opponent? The senior senator from California asked: "Why is Jacob Lew on this list? Why is Samantha Power on this list?" Because every damn one of them unmasked Michael Flynn, put in multiple orders. These are senior political players in the White House in the Obama administration. ”

“ Seventeen percent of Democrats believe the election was rigged. Even if you do not share that conviction, it is the responsibility, I believe, of this office to acknowledge that is a profound threat to this country and to the legitimacy of any administrations that will come in the future. ”

“ Herself! How often do you email yourself? Is that something you do a lot? "Dear me", as you're leaving a job? She emails herself and writes this memo which is, in the annals of government, is one of the funniest damn memos you'll ever read. ”

“ And by the way to be clear because I'm sure some someone on Twitter will say "Now Cruz is calling for using the FBI to go after Joe Biden." No! To the contrary, law enforcement and intelligence ought to be apolitical. We should enforce the law regardless of party and this committee ought to be deeply concerned. ”

“ We have seen and, no doubt, will continue to see a great deal of moralizing from both sides of the aisle, but I would urge to both sides perhaps a bit less certitude and a bit more recognition that we are gathered at a time when democracy is in crisis. ”