Senate Democrats have requested an investigation as to whether Ted Cruz has been linked to the riot. Their statement reads, "The question the Senate must answer is not whether Senators Hawley and Cruz had the right to the object to the electors, but whether the senators failed to 'put loyalty to the highest moral principles and to country above loyalty to persons, party, or Government department' or engaged in 'improper conduct reflecting on the Senate' in connection with the violence on January 6."