Senate Democrats file ethics complaint against Hawley and Cruz for election challenge

Seven Senate Democrats have filed an ethics complaint against GOP sensibilities Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz for their Jan. 6 efforts to oppose the 2020 presidential election results.

“By pursuing their objections to voters after the violent attack, Senators Cruz and Hawley gave legitimacy to the mob cause and made future violence more likely,” the senators wrote in a letter to the committee chair. of Senate Ethics, Chris Coons, and Vice President James Lankford. .

Democrats are calling for an investigation of the two senators for their challenge.