The violent events at the Capitol a few days ago did not happen in a vacuum. The mob was incited and emboldened by the president's misinformation campaign. But the president wasn't alone. Many in the republican party enabled the president and put his ego above the democratic institution that elected them.

After the insurrection at the Capitol, some republicans in the Senate and in the House of Representatives saw the consequences of their party's dangerous rhetoric falsely claiming election fraud and decided not to try to overturn the election. But for senators Tommy Tuberville, Rick Scott, Roger Marshall, John Kennedy, Cindy Hyde-Smith, John Kennedy, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz, and Cynthia Lummis and for representatives Robert B. Aderholt, Mo Brooks, Jerry Carl, Barry Moore, Gary Palmer, Mike Rogers, Andy Biggs, Paul Gosar, Debbie Lesko, David Schweikert, Rick Crawford, Ken Calvert, Mike Garcia, Darrell Issa, Doug LaMalfa, Kevin McCarthy, Devin Nunes, Jay Obernolte, Lauren Boebert, Doug Lamborn, Kat Cammack, Mario Diaz-Balart, Byron Donalds, Neal Dunn, Scott Franklin, Matt Gaetz, Carlos Gimenez, Brian Mast, Bill Posey, John Rutherford, Greg Steube, Daniel Webster, Earl L. "Buddy" Carter, Andrew Clyde, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Jody Hice, Barry Loudermilk, Russ Fulcher, Mike Bost, Mary Miller, Jim Baird, Jim Banks, Greg Pence, Jackie Walorski, Ron Estes, Jacob LaTurner, Tracey Mann, Harold Rogers, Garret Graves, Clay Higgins, Steve Scalise, Andy Harris, Jack Bergman, Lisa McClain, Tim Walberg, Michelle Fischbach, Jim Hagedorn, Michael Guest, Trent Kelly, Steven Palazzo, Vicky Hartzler, Billy Long, Blaine Luetkemeyer, Jason Smith, Matt Rosendale, Dan Bishop, Ted Budd, Madison Cawthorn, Virginia Foxx, Richard Hudson, Gregory F. Murphy, David Rouzer, Jeff Van Drew, Yvette Herrell, Chris Jacobs, Nicole Malliotakis, Elise M. Stefanik, Lee Zeldin, Adrian Smith, Steve Chabot, Warren Davidson, Bob Gibbs, Bill Johnson, Jim Jordan, Stephanie Bice, Tom Cole, Kevin Hern, Frank Lucas, Markwayne Mullin, Cliff Bentz, John Joyce, Fred Keller, Mike Kelly, Daniel Meuser, Guy Reschenthaler, Lloyd Smucker, Glenn Thompson, Jeff Duncan, Ralph Norman, Tom Rice, William Timmons, Joe Wilson, Tim Burchett, Scott DesJarlais, Chuck Fleischmann, Mark E. Green, Diana Harshbarger, David Kustoff, John Rose, Jodey Arrington, Brian Babin, Michael C. Burgess, John R. Carter, Michael Cloud, Pat Fallon, Louie Gohmert, Lance Gooden, Ronny Jackson, Troy Nehls, August Pfluger, Pete Sessions, Beth Van Duyne, Randy Weber, Roger Williams, Ron Wright, Burgess Owens, Chris Stewart, Ben Cline, Bob Good, Morgan Griffith, Robert J. Wittman, Carol Miller, Alexander X. Mooney, Scott Fitzgerald, and Tom Tiffany, the violence in our nation's capitol was not enough to end the incitement.

Lead by Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz, these republicans continued to decry election fraud and decided that the confirmation process was a forum to litigate election law. Hawley and Cruz knew what they were doing was wrong. They were confronted with the deadly consequences of their rhetoric and they doubled down. This petition is calling for Hawley, Cruz and the other senators and representatives acknowledge the role that their rhetoric played in the deadly insurrection and to resign from their positions effective immediately.