Ted Cruz on the Capitol riots and extremists:

“It’s quite concerning. I think the general media and the federal institutions have dropped the ball in taking these groups seriously,” Cruz said. He said many anti-government groups have been very active for years, carrying out military-like training for a second Civil War in apocalyptic fantasies fueled by conspiracy narratives that Trump did little to discourage. Source

Oh... so you mean the president and administration that you supported and promoted? The conspiracy theories that you helped push? They really dropped the ball, did they? I wonder why...