BOOK: Cruz Hid In Supply Closet During Capitol Riot

Newsweek reports:

Senator Ted Cruz has revealed he was in a “a supply closet with stacked chairs” during part of the January 6 storming of Congress. Cruz, who opposed the certification of election results from Arizona, describes the day’s events in his new book Justice Corrupted: How the Left Weaponized Our Legal System.

Cruz said Senators were led to a “secure location” where “tempers were high” with several Senators “blaming us explicitly for the violence that was occurring.” In his book Cruz continued: “While we waited for the Capitol to be secured, I assembled our coalition in a supply closet with stacked chairs to discuss what we should do next.”

After the riot Cruz was one of just six Republican Senators who voted against certifying the presidential election result from Arizona. He also opposed certifying the Pennsylvania result, along with six GOP colleagues.

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