Texas News Ted Cruz Calls Efforts To Halt Rodney Reed’s Execution ‘Remarkable Bipartisan Coalition’ KWBU | By Jolie McCullough & Chase Karacostas Published November 12, 2019 at 9:30 AM CST Twitter LinkedIn Email Illustration by Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune Cruz tweeted that the "evidence should be weighed carefully." “If there is credible evidence there’s a real chance a defendant is innocent, that evidence should be weighed carefully,” Cruz tweeted Friday night.