--- title: Oregon Standoff: Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio Respond description: Cruz calls for the armed protestors to "stand down," while Rubio says they are "lawless." canonical: https://time.com/4166068/oregon-standoff-ted-cruz-marco-rubio/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-04T17:41:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:41:25.188Z article:section: Politics og:title: GOP Presidential Candidates Respond to Oregon Standoff og:description: Calls for the "lawless" protestors to "stand down." og:url: https://time.com/4166068/oregon-standoff-ted-cruz-marco-rubio/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9710dfe84b61f6a7/698877630a4a2246679c7b9d/gettyimages-503316336.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3250 og:image:height: 1828 og:image:alt: US-FARMING-UNREST og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: GOP Presidential Candidates Respond to Oregon Standoff twitter:description: Calls for the "lawless" protestors to "stand down." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9710dfe84b61f6a7/698877630a4a2246679c7b9d/gettyimages-503316336.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Republican Presidential Candidates Respond to Oregon Standoff > Sponsored content. 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A vehicle occupied by members of a small militia group enter the Malheur Wildlife Refuge Headquarters property some 30 miles from Burns, Oregon, January 3, 2016\. The armed anti-government group have taken over a building at the federal wildlife refuge, accusing officials of unfairly punishing ranchers who refused to sell their land. The standoff has prompted some schools to call off classes for the entire week. ROB KERR—AFP/Getty Images by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Jan 4, 2016 5:41 PM UTC Republican presidential candidates responded Monday to a group of armed protestors in Oregon who took over a federal building over the weekend. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio were the first from the GOP field to address the armed standoff between militia members and law enforcement after the group occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters. Rubio called their actions “lawless” and Cruz called for the group to “stand down.” “Every one of us has a constitutional right to protest, to speak our minds,” Texas Sen. Cruz told reporters in Iowa. “But we don’t have a constitutional right to use force and violence and to threaten force and violence against others. So it is our hope that the protesters there will stand down peaceably, that there will not be a violent confrontation.” For his part, Rubio echoed the call for a peaceful solution, adding that while he may agree with the protestors in some capacity there are other ways, in America, to get your point across. “And I agree that there is too much federal control over land especially out in the western part of the United States,” the Florida Sen. [said Monday morning on Iowa radio station KBUR](https://soundcloud.com/buzzfeedandrew/marco-rubio-on-kbur-on-oregon). “There are states for example like Nevada that are dominated by the federal government in terms of land holding and we should fix it, but no one should be doing it in a way that’s outside the law. We are a nation laws, we should follow those laws and they should be respected.” **Read More:**[_Oregon Town Watches Warily as Armed Protesters Take Over Refuge_](http://time.com/4165851/oregon-wildlife-refuge-takeover/?xid=homepage) ## Transcript We're out here because the people have been abused long enough really. Their lands and their resources have been taken from them to the point where it's putting them literally in poverty. And this facility here has been a tool into doing that. It is the people's facility, owned by the people. And it has been provided for us to be able to come together and unite and making a hard stand against this overreach. This taking of the people's land and resources. But I feel that we are in a situation where. If we do not do something, if we do not make the hard stand. Then we will be in a position where we won't be able to as people. And so, I mean, that's why we're here. When the people of Harney County can use the land resources without being put in fear And without being restricted to the point that it puts them out of business. And once they could use these lands as free men then we will have accomplished what we have come to accomplish, and they'll be no need for us to be here. 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