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Ted Cruz
stated on October 19, 2025 an X post:

Democrats are “dishonestly sending around a video from 2017” claiming it was an Oct. 18 ‘No Kings’ rally in Boston.

By Louis Jacobson, Loreben Tuquero • October 20, 2025

Ted Cruz
stated on August 30, 2023 A post on X.:

"(President Joe) Biden is trying to limit you to two beers per week.”

By Sarah Bahari • September 1, 2023

Ted Cruz
stated on June 4, 2022 a tweet:

"The impact of President Biden being beholden to the Green New Deal radicals in his party has electricity costs through the roof in Texas."

By Nusaiba Mizan • June 21, 2022

Ted Cruz
stated on May 24, 2022 remarks to the media:

“We know from past experiences that the most effective tool for keeping kids safe is armed law enforcement on the campus.”

By Madison Czopek • May 26, 2022

Ted Cruz
stated on August 4, 2021 an interview:

“In the last several months, the Biden administration has released over 7,000 illegal aliens who were COVID positive just in one Texas city.” Biden's border policies are "endangering not just the people of Texas, but people all across the country."

By Brandon Mulder • September 3, 2021

Ted Cruz
stated on July 13, 2021 an interview:

"There is clear legal authority to handcuff and put in leg irons legislators that are trying to stop the legislature from being able to do business."

By Brandon Mulder • July 16, 2021

Ted Cruz
stated on April 22, 2021 a press conference:

“You didn't see Republicans when we had control of the Senate try to rig the game.”

By Brandon Mulder, Louis Jacobson • April 27, 2021

Ted Cruz
stated on November 5, 2020 a Fox News interview:

Philadelphia is “clouding the vote counting in a shroud of darkness.”

By Bill McCarthy • November 6, 2020

Ted Cruz
stated on October 26, 2020 an interview:

Says Trump “didn’t campaign on cutting the debt” … “That’s not what he promised to do.”

By Brandon Mulder • October 30, 2020

Ted Cruz
stated on February 24, 2020 a speech:

Says Democrats are embracing “abortion up until the moment of birth and even, horrifically, after that.”

By Madlin Mekelburg • February 27, 2020

Ted Cruz
stated on December 8, 2019 a TV interview:

"Ukraine blatantly interfered in our election."

By Madlin Mekelburg • December 12, 2019

Ted Cruz
stated on September 4, 2018 a video:

Says Beto O’Rourke said he’s grateful that people are burning or desecrating the American flag.

By W. Gardner Selby • September 5, 2018

Ted Cruz
stated on July 17, 2018 a campaign press release:

Says Beto O’Rourke is "the only candidate to the U.S. Senate to call for" impeaching President Donald Trump.

By W. Gardner Selby • July 25, 2018

Ted Cruz
stated on June 4, 2018 an interview:

Says "Rosie O’Donnell apparently committed the same offense five times, five times, when she broke the identical law that Dinesh (D'Souza) was prosecuted for."

By Manuela Tobias • June 6, 2018

Ted Cruz
stated on May 1, 2018 a tweet:

Says Beto O’Rourke had a "resolution to legalize all narcotics--including heroin and other deadly opioids."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 2, 2018

Ted Cruz
stated on March 6, 2018 an audio ad distributed to news organizations:

Says Beto O’Rourke wants "open borders and wants to take our guns."

By W. Gardner Selby • March 15, 2018

Ted Cruz
stated on September 24, 2016 responding to an audience member's question at the Texas Tribune Festival.:

Hillary Clinton "supports unlimited abortion on demand up until the moment of birth, including partial-birth abortion, with taxpayer funding."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 9, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on September 8, 2016 Senate floor remarks:

"If Congress fails to act, the Obama administration intends to give away control of the internet to an international body akin to the United Nations."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 14, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on April 21, 2016 an online campaign ad:

Says Donald Trump "has the second-highest disapproval ratings of anyone running for president."

By Dylan Baddour • May 27, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on March 21, 2016 an interview on CNN:

"Ukraine voluntarily gave up its nuclear weapons because the United States of America" said it would "ensure (its) territorial integrity from Russia."

By Jon Greenberg • March 23, 2016

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