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Facebook posts
stated on July 15, 2023 a Facebook post

Video shows Sen. Ted Cruz asking the Supreme Court to file charges against an aide to Attorney General Merrick Garland.

July 17, 2023

Facebook posts
stated on April 10, 2023 a Facebook post

Video shows Sen. Chris Murphy running away because Sen. Ted Cruz said “just shut your mouth.”

April 12, 2023

Facebook posts
stated on January 29, 2023 a Facebook post

Video shows Congress “erupting” over U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s remarks.

January 31, 2023

Facebook posts
stated on January 23, 2023 a Facebook post

Video shows Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez crying after “Ted Cruz gets up and humiliates her to her face.”

January 26, 2023

Facebook posts
stated on August 16, 2022 a Facebook post

“Ted Cruz erupts as FBI director tries to defend Biden over Mar-a-Lago raid” in video.

August 18, 2022

Facebook posts
stated on August 8, 2022 a Facebook post

“Ted Cruz leaks new document obtained from Hunter’s laptop implicating Nancy Pelosi.”

August 9, 2022

Viral image
stated on February 19, 2021 a Facebook post

Says Ted Cruz tweeted, “I’ll believe in climate change when Texas freezes over.”

February 19, 2021

Occupy Democrats
stated on March 12, 2020 a Facebook post

Says Rep. Matt Gaetz and Sen. Ted Cruz took two weeks paid sick leave to self-quarantine. Gaetz “voted in 2013 to make it illegal for any city in Florida to enact paid sick leave,” and Cruz “voted in 2015 in the U.S. Senate against paid sick leave.”

By Amy Sherman • March 17, 2020

Beto O'Rourke
stated on October 16, 2018 a debate televised from San Antonio

Says "only one other senator from either party over the last 25 years" has "a worse record on bipartisanship" than Ted Cruz.

By W. Gardner Selby • October 18, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on June 22, 2016 a campaign rally in Cleveland

Says Ted Cruz "never denied" his father was photographed with Lee Harvey Oswald.

By Dylan Baddour • July 22, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on May 3, 2016 an interview on Fox News

Says Ted Cruz’s father "was with Lee Harvey Oswald" before the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

By Louis Jacobson, Linda Qiu • May 3, 2016

Great America PAC
stated on March 31, 2016 a TV ad

Says Ted Cruz "wanted to let in more Syrian refugees and give amnesty to illegal immigrants."

April 22, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on April 20, 2016 a tweet

"Ted Cruz is mathematically out of winning the race."

By Linda Qiu • April 20, 2016

New Day for America
stated on March 31, 2016 a television ad.

"Many just call him 'Lyin' Ted.' ... His TV ad about John Kasich? Lie! Stations had to pull it off the air."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 6, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on March 29, 2016 an interview on CNN

Says Ted Cruz distributed the ad showing a nude Melania Trump on a rug.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 31, 2016

Romney allies
stated on March 18, 2016 The New York Times

Mitt Romney did not "endorse" Ted Cruz, even though he said he is voting for Cruz and urged others to do likewise.

By Jim Tharpe • March 24, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on February 2, 2016 an interview in Bow, N.H.

"Ted Cruz defended a Chinese company that stole an invention from an American inventor."

By Jonathan Van Fleet • February 7, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on January 14, 2016 Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.

Under Ted Cruz’s tax plan, "businesses will now have to pay 16 percent on the money they make. They will also have to pay 16 percent on the money they pay their employees."

By W. Gardner Selby • January 26, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on January 14, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.

Says Sen. Ted Cruz used to be "in favor of birthright citizenship" but is now against it.

By Joshua Gillin • January 15, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on January 5, 2016 an interview with The Washington Post

Canadian-born Ted Cruz "has had a double passport."

By W. Gardner Selby • January 6, 2016

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