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Sen. Cruz says presidential race isn’t over, backs Trump claims of fraud

Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz called projections that president-elect Joe Biden has won the White House “way premature,” citing lawsuits across the country that allege voter fraud, during a Sunday morning appearance on Fox News.

“I believe President Trump still has a path to victory,” Cruz said. “And that path is to count every single legal vote that was cast, but also not to [count] any votes that were fraudulently passed or illegally cast, and we have a legal process to determine what’s legal and what isn’t.”

Other Republicans, like Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah and former President George W. Bush, have accepted the unofficial results of the election. But Trump still has not conceded. On Thursday, Donald Trump Jr. called out Republicans considering a 2024 presidential run for not “taking action” to defend his father.

Cruz has made it clear that he remains loyal to Trump.

He questioned the results in Michigan, which The Associated Press called for President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday. He referenced an alleged software glitch that caused unofficial votes from a small Republican-leaning county in Michigan to indicate a Biden landslide.

Cruz said this error could indicate a larger problem in other Michigan counties that use the same software.

“That same software is used in 47 counties throughout Michigan,” Cruz said. “That needs to be examined to determine that there’s not a problem counting the votes, and the legal process is how you resolve those questions.”

But Michigan Department of State officials investigated and concluded that it was not a software error, but human error by a clerk, and it was quickly identified and fixed, according to The Associated Press.

“Even if the error in the reported unofficial results had not been quickly noticed, it would have been identified during the county canvass,” department officials said. “The software did not cause a misallocation of votes; it was a result of user human error.”

Media organizations issue projections based on vote returns by state officials and statistical analysis, but they do not officially call elections. There are still some steps left before the government certifies the election, including a canvass of votes, which is done differently state to state. The purpose of the canvass is to ensure that every vote cast is counted and every vote is valid.

Election disputes at the state level must be resolved by Dec. 8, so electors can vote by paper ballot on Dec. 14. Once the electoral votes are in, Congress will meet on Jan. 6 to count them, and Vice President Mike Pence will announce the results, according to The Associated Press.

Should Biden remain the winner of the presidential election, Cruz called the January Georgia runoff elections, where two Georgia Senate seats will be up, the “big enchilada.”

“I’m gonna be there,” Cruz said, “and everyone who wants to see some semblance of calm and reason and sanity, Georgia’s the battle where that’s going to be determined.”

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