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Ted Cruz
stated on May 17, 2023 a speech at the Hudson Institute:

Barack Obama said that Iran has a “right” to nuclear technology, including weapons.

By Sarah Bahari • June 13, 2023

Ted Cruz
stated on October 27, 2022 a tweet:

Only Democratic cities take “‘days’ to count their votes” while “the rest of the country manages to get it done on election night.”

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2022

Ted Cruz
stated on January 9, 2021 a tweet:

Said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her allies “blocked a resolution condemning anti-Semitism — which I passed unanimously in the Senate.”

By Landon Allison, Julia Schneider • February 18, 2021

Ted Cruz
stated on January 6, 2021 a speech on the Senate floor:

“39% of Americans … 31% of independents ... 17% of Democrats believe the election was rigged."

By Miriam Valverde • January 6, 2021

Ted Cruz
stated on June 21, 2019 a press release:

"As you know, we apprehended over 144,000 people in a single month. That is a pace, which if it continues for 12 months, would put us on a pace for nearly 2 million apprehensions on the border."

By Madlin Mekelburg • June 27, 2019

Ted Cruz
stated on October 16, 2018 During a debate in San Antonio:

Says Beto O'Rourke "voted in favor of a $10 a barrel tax on every barrel of oil produced in the state of Texas."

By Johnathan Silver • October 19, 2018

Ted Cruz
stated on September 28, 2018 a debate:

California "is hemorrhaging population."

By Chris Nichols • September 28, 2018

Ted Cruz
stated on September 21, 2018 a debate at Southern Methodist University:

Says Beto O’Rourke described police as "modern-day Jim Crow."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 25, 2018

Ted Cruz
stated on June 11, 2018 an interview aired on "Think," produced by KERA radio in Dallas:

"There’s actually a court order that prevents keeping the kids with the parents when you put the parents in jail."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 18, 2018

Ted Cruz
stated on March 7, 2018 an interview on CNN's "New Day":

"The Obama administration had cut $300 million from school safety."

By Jon Greenberg • March 9, 2018

Ted Cruz
stated on November 6, 2017 Fox News interview:

"The Democrats filibustered the legislation that would’ve resulted in this shooter being in federal prison instead of murdering those innocents in that Texas church."

By Manuela Tobias • November 10, 2017

Ted Cruz
stated on August 28, 2017 an MSNBC interview:

"Two-thirds of the (Hurricane Sandy relief) bill had nothing to do with Sandy."

By Jon Greenberg • August 30, 2017

Ted Cruz
stated on October 26, 2016 a rally for a Colorado U.S. Senate nominee:

"There is long historical precedent for a Supreme Court with fewer justices."

By Bobby Cervantes • November 23, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on May 14, 2016 his speech at the Republican Party of Texas convention:

Barack Obama issued a decree "demanding that every public school now allow grown men and boys into the little girls’ bathroom."

By Eleanor Dearman • June 26, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on May 1, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press":

Says both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton say Planned Parenthood is "terrific and that it should keep taxpayer funding."

By Lauren Carroll • May 1, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on April 22, 2016 an attack ad:

Says Donald Trump thinks "a grown man pretending to be a woman (should) be allowed to use the women's restroom."

By Linda Qiu • April 25, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on April 11, 2016 a campaign speech:

"The polling shows over and over again that, unlike Donald Trump, that with me as the nominee, we beat Hillary Clinton."

By Chris Nichols • April 12, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on April 7, 2016 an interview on CNN:

"Poll after poll after poll shows me beating Hillary."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 11, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on March 30, 2016 a CNN town hall in Milwaukee:

"The EPA has tried to define a puddle or a drainage ditch on your farm to be navigable waters and thus subject to massive environmental regulations."

By Amy Sherman • March 31, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on March 13, 2016 an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says President Barack Obama has "been presiding over our jobs going overseas for seven years."

By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2016

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