Words have meaning, and Mr. Cruz knows this.
Why lend legitimacy to the ravings of the Left, especially when it appears more and more that the architects of those events were Leftists, both in and possibly in the employ of Federal Agencies, bent on establishing the narrative that this was some sort of coup attempt?
To use their inflammatory language, unless it is to be turned upon them, is an unforced error.
I'm waiting to see what, exactly, is going on.