Ted Cruz Joins Calls For Investigation Into Alleged Illegal Voting In Mississippi

Senator Ted Cruz speaks to members of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce during a Leaders in Government luncheon at the Petroleum Club in Fort Worth, TX, Friday, January 17, 2014. (Star-Telegram/David Kent)Senator Te... Senator Ted Cruz speaks to members of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce during a Leaders in Government luncheon at the Petroleum Club in Fort Worth, TX, Friday, January 17, 2014. (Star-Telegram/David Kent)Senator Ted Cruz speaks to members of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce during a Leaders in Government luncheon in Fort Worth, Texas on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, David Kent) MAGS OUT; (FORT WORTH WEEKLY, 360 WEST); INTERNET OUT MORE LESS
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Monday called for an official investigation into alleged voter fraud in the Mississippi Senate runoff, calling all the talk of voting irregularities “appalling.”

“We’ve seen serious allegations of voter fraud,” Cruz said on “The Mark Levin Show.” “And I very much hope that no Republican was involved in voter fraud. But these allegations need to be vigorously investigated and anyone involved in criminal conduct should be prosecuted.”

The Mississippi Republican Party certified Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) as the winner over challenger Chris McDaniel on Monday. Cruz, a vice-chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, had not endorsed either candidate even though he had referenced McDaniel’s strong chances of toppling Cochran.

The Texas senator joins Sarah Palin in calling for an investigation into potential illegal activity in the runoff election. The McDaniel campaign has offered $1,000 rewards to anyone who can provide information that leads to the arrest and conviction of people involved in voter fraud, and McDaniel’s lawyer said Monday that the campaign and its supporters have found “thousands” of examples of ineligible voters who turned out for Cochran.

h/t The Right Scoop

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  1. Investigate what? That black people voted? Yea, that’s working well so far.

    We so far have not one smidgen of actual evidence that there was a single vote that shouldn’t have been counted as it was on the runoff night…not one…and lets be honest, for MS that’s probably an accomplishment in and of itself.

    Grifting and fleecing the rubes…the RWNJ’s have this whole thing down to a science don’t they?

  2. Avatar for mymy mymy says:

    Tea party solidarity? What business is it of Ted Cruz? He’s keeping up the McDaniel’s implication that voting while black is illegal …

  3. Ted Cruz always puts his finger in the air to determine wind direction before he farts.

  4. Avatar for jep07 jep07 says:

    Hard to tell if he’s talking or farting these days… anyone else get the creeps when Ted starts spouting in that whiney voice?

  5. Avatar for jep07 jep07 says:

    “Cruz, a vice-chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee,”

    …that speaks volumes about the neoRepublican Party.

    The biggest whiner in the Senate, elected by the Texas Tea Mob, finding such a position of party power represents the extremists taking the party over at the most fundamental levels.

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