A video of Ted Cruz giving conflicting views on democracy after predicting Democrats will try to assert the midterms are rigged has gone viral.

The clip of the Texas senator, who voted to reject the 2020 election votes following the January 6 revolt he was accused of inciting, was posted on Twitter by MSNBC's The Mehdi Hasan Present.

The video edits collectively current feedback made by Cruz on Fox Information alongside remarks he made within the days earlier than the January 6 assault, throughout which he advised a bunch of Trump supporters they'd "not go quietly into the evening."

The video, seen greater than half 1,000,000 occasions, additionally consists of Cruz falsely claiming the 2020 election was rigged, in addition to footage from contained in the Capitol Constructing the place rioters declare: "Cruz would need us to do that."

The clip was posted the day after the Republican lawmaker mentioned Democrats "do not consider in democracy," and was meant to spotlight the obvious double requirements, given his makes an attempt to cease the certification of Joe Biden's victory whereas supporting Trump's false claims of election fraud.

"They know they're gonna lose, and Nancy Pelosi's not gonna go quietly. She's gonna scream. She's already making ready to scream the election was stolen," Cruz mentioned on Fox Information present The Ingraham Angle on Tuesday.

"And by the best way, what she means by 'stolen' is folks confirmed as much as vote towards Democrats. That is what stealing the election is. And bear in mind, Democrats do not consider in democracy."

Whereas sharing the video, MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan mentioned the clip reveals "Ted Cruz versus... Ted Cruz."

"You *should* watch this brief [The Mehdi Hasan Show] mash-up video on Ted Cruz's place on democracy *now* versus democracy on *1/6*. It's important to," he mentioned.

Each the clip and Cruz's feedback to Fox Information arrived after The Washington Put up printed an in depth report exhibiting how Cruz tried to maintain Trump in energy even after he misplaced the final election.

Former Federal Choose J. Michael Luttig, below whom Cruz labored on the Supreme Court docket, and whom he as soon as described as "like a father," advised The Put up that the senator was a key determine within the occasions main as much as January 6.

"As soon as Ted Cruz promised to object, January 6 was all however foreordained, as a result of Cruz was probably the most influential determine within the Congress prepared to drive a vote on Trump's declare that the election was stolen," Luttig mentioned.

"He was additionally probably the most educated of the intricacies of each the Electoral Depend Act and the Structure, and the methods to take advantage of the 2."

Newsweek contacted Cruz's workplace for remark.

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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) questions U.S. Supreme Court docket nominee Choose Ketanji Brown Jackson throughout her Senate Judiciary Committee affirmation listening to within the Hart Senate Workplace Constructing on Capitol Hill, March 22, 2022 in Washington, DC.Win McNamee/Getty Photos