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Ted Cruz: “The election commission was charged with studying the…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Collins and Cruz get in heated exchange over election results

Published | Video Starts at 08:51

Is it yes or is it no? So in 1876, what Congress did is it appointed an election commission. It consisted of 15 people, five House members, five senators, five supreme Court justices. The election commission was charged with studying the evidence and making a determination of what voter fraud occurred. And that determined the winner. And what I called for in 2020 was to do the same thing, appoint an election commission. And eleven senators joined me. (08:51–08:58)

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