Cruz was speaking at a news conference with Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) in front of the Supreme Court about a Democratic bill to expand the number of justices on the Supreme Court from nine to 13. The senator from Texas accused Democrats of making a "power grab."
"You didn't see Republicans, when we had control of the Senate, try to rig the game. You didn't see us try to pack the court," he said.
After his remarks, a self-identified "law student" approached the senators and demanded to know what the difference was between "packing the courts" and the Republican Senate majority's actions in 2016 to prevent a Democratic president from filling vacancies on the court and in 2020 to install a Republican-nominated justice.
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