Ted Cruz
Where Things Stand: Cruz Hops On The ‘Poor Insurrectionists!’ Train 
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08.13.21 | 6:15 pm
We expected folks like Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Matt Gaetz (R-FL) to offer jailed insurrectionists the victim card. They staged a photo-op protest at the jail where some of them are being held last month to paint the rioters as mistreated political prisoners.
Now Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is joining the whitewashing movement.
