A tweet from President Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election has gone viral this week amid Trump and his allies’ ongoing false claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Today, one of Trump’s biggest supporters in the United States Senate is Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, but in 2016 they ran against each other for the presidency. At the time, when Trump lost the Iowa caucus to Cruz, Trump accused Cruz of fraud and demanded that the results be “nullified.”
“Based on the fraud committed by Senator Ted Cruz during the Iowa Caucus, either a new election should take place or Cruz results nullified,” Trump wrote at the time. Then as now, there was no evidence of voter fraud or election tampering, yet Trump claimed these conspiracy theories publicly and with false conviction. Cruz was an outspoken critic of Trump at the time, but just four years later, Cruz is staking his political career on the president. He is among 11 senators who are threatening to derail the transition of power this week when the U.S. Congress votes to certify the election results.
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Based on the fraud committed by Senator Ted Cruz during the Iowa Caucus, either a new election should take place or Cruz results nullified.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 3, 2016
Cruz and 10 other Republican senators have demanded a commission be formed to audit the 2020 presidential election results. If not, these senators say they will formally object to the Electoral College’s results in Congress. While this would create more work for lawmakers, it has no real chance of changing the election results. However, it could further undermine faith in the U.S. government and give credence to Trump’s conspiracy theories.
Dozens of investigations, audits and lawsuits of election results all over the country have turned up no evidence of widespread voter fraud or election tampering, but the president continues to claim the election was “rigged” despite the lack of evidence. The fact that lawmakers like Cruz — so recently a Trump critic — are indulging in this fantasy has Americans jeering. Here is a look at how they responded to this resurfaced tweet over the weekend.
Pattern
I’m seeing a pattern here… @realDonaldTrump #throwbackTrumpTweets 🤡🤦♂️ https://t.co/RcogAL8m8M
— Justin Davis (@jdavis_627) January 3, 2021
Familiar.
— Harrison Greene (@Harry0164) January 3, 2021
Cool how @tedcruz is on the inside of the delusion now though https://t.co/EaCjXJ9xEP
Follow-up
Can you follow up on this as well 😂
— 🇺🇸PoliticallyIncorrect🇺🇸 (@Politic98472326) January 3, 2021
No Support
@SenTedCruz PLEASE KNOW @realDonaldTrump DOES NOT #GAF ABOUT YOU. MAN UP COWARD. @JohnCornyn https://t.co/kbj105Itof
— Mom’sDaughter (@TraceyNew) January 3, 2021
Hypocrite
Now @SenTedCruz will do anything for his leader. #hypocrite https://t.co/GsWx1nOrdh
— Ken Lucas (@KenLucas1) January 3, 2021
What Changed?
.@SenTedCruz 5 years ago you called this a “#Trumpertantrum”… tell me what’s different now? https://t.co/BsxCHGBv1x
— Trump Irrelevance Day 1️⃣7️⃣ days (@IrrelevanceDay) January 3, 2021
@tedcruz how do you look yourself in the mirror supporting the same bull he pulled on you
— Patrick (@hags819) January 3, 2021
‘A Tweet for Everything’
A tweet for everything. Baby Boy was a sore loser back then.
— Jenny Spillane (@JennFern35) November 10, 2020
Other Insults
Hahaha. So if your keeping score, Trump has called @tedcruz wife ugly, said his dad murdered JFK and also said he cheated in the 2016 primary in Iowa. Yet Ted still grovels at @realDonaldTrump feet. #psh #unreal https://t.co/SQErYBkraP
— Draxx T. 😛 Sklounst (@twizlefoshizle) January 3, 2021
