Hawley and Cruz see lower approval ratings following Capitol riot: poll

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Among all voters in their home country, Hawley’s approval rating fell 6 points between Jan.6 and Monday, according to a Morning Consult poll released on Friday. Cruz’s approval rating with voters dropped 3 points over the same period.

Both senators also saw a drop in the approval ratings of Republicans in their home countries. Hawley’s approval rating dropped 9 points among Missouri Republicans to 63%, while Cruz’s dropped 5 points to 76% among Texas Republicans.

Cruz and Hawley faced backlash for their role in challenging the Electoral College vote during the congressional certification process on the same day of the Capitol Riot, which left five dead.

On Thursday, seven Senate Democrats called on the ethics committee to open an investigation into the two Republican senators and more specifically whether their objections to the electoral college’s results violated the ethics rules of the chamber.

The two senators denounced the violence that erupted, but maintained their decision to oppose the results of the Arizona and Pennsylvania constituencies.

Hawley called the requested investigation a “blatant attempt at partisan revenge.”

The Morning Consult Political Intelligence Survey was conducted among approximately 3,000 voters in Texas and 1,000 voters in Missouri. The ballot before January 6 took place between December 27 and January 5, then from January 9 to January 18.