Overview
- Broadcast audio from the Republican midterm convention captured an attendee shouting “He should be shot!” multiple times as Sen. Ted Cruz named three Democratic politicians during his Thursday night speech.
- Cruz named New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El‑Sayed and Texas candidate James Talarico while citing past comments to argue they represent radical views.
- Abdul El‑Sayed publicly condemned the audible calls for violence on CNN and urged everyone who heard them to denounce the rhetoric.
- It was unclear whether Cruz heard the heckling and representatives for Cruz and the Republican National Committee did not immediately respond to requests for comment from reporters.
- The remarks came on the one‑year anniversary of the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, a detail invoked onstage at the convention and cited in coverage as part of broader worries about political violence and heated partisan language.