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Democratic senators ramp up calls for Cruz, Hawley to resign after Capitol riots

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Senate Democrats are pushing for two of their Republican colleagues to resign following Wednesday’s riot at the U.S. Capitol building, claiming that their roles in challenging the results of November’s election helped to "undermine" democracy.

Sens.Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Josh Hawley, R-Mo., were vocal objectors during Wednesday’s counting of electoral votes, and now they are being urged to step down as a result. "At a time of deep national division and in the midst of a violent attack on the U.S.

Capitol, Senators Cruz and Hawley chose to undermine our democracy and feed the big lie that the election was stolen," Sen.Tina Smith, D-Minn., tweeted Saturday night. "They should resign immediately." Smith joins several other Democrats, including.

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