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To: Sen. Ted Cruz
Sen. Ted Cruz must resign for turning his back on millions of struggling Texans
Sen. Ted Cruz, along with every Republican in Congress, voted against providing critical aid to millions of struggling Texans. Over 500,000 Americans have died of COVID-19 in the last year, and tens of millions have been thrown out of work. And yet Republicans like Sen. Cruz refused to even consider passing the American Rescue Plan (ARP), the $1.9 trillion package that has benefitted hundreds of millions of Americans—voting against extending unemployment insurance, against access to health care, against payments to the American people. He has completely betrayed his constituents during this deadly pandemic, and he does not deserve to hold public office.
Why is this important?
Over the last year, the COVID crisis has hit Texas especially hard, and its effects are far from over. In fact, around 1.3 million Texans are reported to be behind on rent, and about 40% of Texas adults are still having trouble covering usual household expenses.
If the American Rescue Plan hadn’t passed, millions of Texans would’ve been thrown into even deeper economic insecurity. Without its survival checks, expansion of unemployment insurance, funding for state and local government (to make vaccines more accessible and for safe schools reopening plans), or expansion of the child tax credit, there’s no telling how much more economic pain Texans would have suffered.
Because of the ARP, over 11 million Texans received direct checks, and over $27 billion went to our state and local governments to prevent essential worker layoffs and to aid vaccine production, and $13 billion went to help schools reopen faster. This is having direct impact in Texas and everywhere—and will help us all recover with greater health and economic security.
In our time of greatest need, Sen. Cruz voted against these provisions. He let down his constituents, and must resign immediately.
If the American Rescue Plan hadn’t passed, millions of Texans would’ve been thrown into even deeper economic insecurity. Without its survival checks, expansion of unemployment insurance, funding for state and local government (to make vaccines more accessible and for safe schools reopening plans), or expansion of the child tax credit, there’s no telling how much more economic pain Texans would have suffered.
Because of the ARP, over 11 million Texans received direct checks, and over $27 billion went to our state and local governments to prevent essential worker layoffs and to aid vaccine production, and $13 billion went to help schools reopen faster. This is having direct impact in Texas and everywhere—and will help us all recover with greater health and economic security.
In our time of greatest need, Sen. Cruz voted against these provisions. He let down his constituents, and must resign immediately.