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Ted Cruz
stated on October 19, 2025 in 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 November 6, 2023 in An interview on CNBC:

“We produce a lot more wind energy in Texas than California does.”

By Sarah Bahari • November 14, 2023

Ted Cruz
stated on August 30, 2023 in 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 May 17, 2023 in 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 in 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 June 4, 2022 in 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 26, 2022 in an interview with Fox News:

In 2013, under a Democratic Senate, "a majority of the Senate voted in favor of" gun-related legislation sponsored by Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ted Cruz, “but the Democrats filibustered it.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 27, 2022

Ted Cruz
stated on May 24, 2022 in 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 February 16, 2022 in a committee meeting:

"In 2020, more journalists were killed in Mexico than in any other country in the world."

By Nusaiba Mizan • February 28, 2022

Ted Cruz
stated on August 4, 2021 in 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 in 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 May 11, 2021 in a meeting:

The voting rights bill “would register millions of illegal aliens to vote. It is intended to do that.”

By Brandon Mulder • May 14, 2021

Ted Cruz
stated on April 22, 2021 in 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 January 9, 2021 in 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 in 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 December 15, 2020 in a tweet:

Says that guidance urging vaccinated people to avoid travel and continue wearing masks is "profoundly anti-science."

By Brandon Mulder • December 18, 2020

Ted Cruz
stated on November 5, 2020 in 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 in 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 in 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 in a TV interview:

"Ukraine blatantly interfered in our election."

By Madlin Mekelburg • December 12, 2019

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