Palin talks food stamps

Just before Ted Cruz claimed the Republican nomination to fill Kay Bailey Hutchison’s U.S. Senate seat, Sarah Palin spoke on his behalf at a rally near Houston.

The former Alaska governor mentioned a few topics we’ve brushed on in past PolitiFact items and made a new claim we put to the Truth-O-Meter.

Is one in seven U.S. families on food stamps, as Palin said? Read on!

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