CNN State of the Union host Jake Tapper kicked off his show on Sunday morning with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and the dozen Republican senators trying to derail certification for the 2020 presidential election for refused to either appear or make a statement that explains itself.
Tapper called the group of legislators the “riot caucus” and was ruthless in his criticism when his producer showed their pictures behind him.
“On Saturday, eleven Republican senators said they would vote against the election counting in Congress next week and call for” a ten-day emergency review of emergency returns “despite no evidence of widespread electoral fraud,” began Tapper. “The group follows the lead of Senator Josh Hawley, who says he will formally object to Biden’s pivotal win despite the fact that there is no credible evidence to justify such a move – null.”
“Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse slammed Hawley and other members of the riot and said, ‘Adults don’t point a loaded gun at legitimate government,” Tapper continued. Mitt Romney said Saturday, “I never imagined these things in the largest democracy in the world. “
“We invited each of the 12 senators who were involved in planning this shameful effort to come on the show and try to defend and explain their position. Each of them refused or didn’t answer, ”he reported. “Everything is reminiscent of what Ulysses Grant wrote in 1861: ‘There are now two parties, traitors and patriots.'”
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