Senators Ted Cruz, John Cornyn to attend Joe Biden's inauguration

by CBS Austin

Fri, January 15th 2021, 7:40 PM UTC

SEPTEMBER 27 - WASHINGTON, DC: Senator Ted Cruz, left, and John Cornyn. Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh testified in front of the Senate Judiciary committee regarding sexual assault allegations at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill Thursday, September 27, 2018. at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on September 27, 2018 on Capitol Hill. Blasey Ford, a professor at Palo Alto University and a research psychologist at the Stanford University School of Medicine, has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her during a party in 1982 when they were high school students in suburban Maryland. (Photo by Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images)

AUSTIN, Texas — Both Republican United States Senators from Texas, Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, will attend President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday.

While Sen. Cornyn's attendance might not be terribly controversial--he has acknowledged Biden's victory since December--Sen. Cruz's is another story.

Cruz, along with Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), has been accused of buying into "President Trump's lie" seeking to overturn the 2020 electoral vote by critics for his objection to the certification the votes before Congress last week.

That same day, a violent mob of President Donald Trump supporters stormed the Capitol during the certification process, overtaking police and entering the building.

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As a result, there have been multiple calls for Cruz to resign, for what Texas Democrats call "promoting sedition and lawlessness by promoting Trump’s lies about election fraud.”

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