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Ted Cruz
stated on November 21, 2015 a TV ad that ran mostly in Iowa:

Says Donald Trump and Marco Rubio opposed Cruz’s "efforts to defund Planned Parenthood."

By Emma Hinchliffe • March 16, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on February 28, 2016 on CNN's "State of the Union.":

Donald Trump has "described Hillary Clinton as one of the best secretaries of state in history."

By Dylan Baddour, W. Gardner Selby • March 8, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on February 25, 2016 remarks during the GOP debate at the University of Houston:

"Spending on welfare, on prisons, and education, all of those have dropped by hundreds of millions of dollars" because of Arizona’s immigration laws that drove out undocumented immigrants.

By Anthony Cave • March 4, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on February 14, 2016 on ABC's "This Week":

Says "the one person (Donald Trump) has suggested that would make a good justice is his sister, who is a court of appeals judge appointed by Bill Clinton. She is a hardcore pro-abortion liberal judge."

By Lauren Carroll • February 16, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on February 3, 2016 a town hall in Henniker, N.H.:

"During eight years under Ronald Reagan, African-American median income rose by about $5,000."

By Louis Jacobson • February 3, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on January 28, 2016 comments during the Iowa Republican presidential debate:

"I have not insulted Donald personally."

By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on January 28, 2016 a Fox News debate :

"Barack Obama, right now, No. 1, over seven years has dramatically degraded our military."

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on December 5, 2015 a speech at the Rising Tide Summit in Cedar Rapids, Iowa:

"The Democrats in the Senate last year introduced a constitutional amendment to repeal the free speech protections of the First Amendment."

By Jason Noble • December 22, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on December 15, 2015 a GOP debate on CNN:

"The head of the FBI has told Congress they cannot vet those (Syrian) refugees."

By Linda Qiu • December 16, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on November 30, 2015 a radio interview with Hugh Hewitt:

"Here’s the simple and undeniable fact: The overwhelming majority of violent criminals are Democrats."

By Louis Jacobson • December 1, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on October 14, 2015 an interview on Fox News:

The "Democratic Party is getting smaller and smaller and smaller."

By Emma Hinchliffe • November 15, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on October 18, 2015 an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press':

"Republican leadership took the lead confirming Loretta Lynch as attorney general."

By Louis Jacobson • October 18, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on September 21, 2015 an interview with CBS' Stephen Colbert:

"When (Ronald) Reagan came in, from 1978 to 1982, economic growth averaged less than 1 percent a year. There’s only one other four-year period where that’s true. That’s true from 2008 to 2012."

By Louis Jacobson • September 25, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on June 28, 2015 an interview with NPR News:

Says states not directly involved in the gay marriage lawsuits that reached the Supreme Court "are not bound" by the court’s ruling.

By W. Gardner Selby • July 31, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on June 29, 2015 an interview on NPR:

The Supreme Court’s views "are radically out of step with public opinion" regarding its decision to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide.

By Lauren Carroll • July 1, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on March 23, 2015:

"Today roughly half of born-again Christians aren’t voting. They’re staying home."

By W. Gardner Selby • March 30, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on March 17, 2015 an interview on "Late Night with Seth Meyers":

"Many of the alarmists on global warming, they’ve got a problem because the science doesn’t back them up. In particular, satellite data demonstrate for the last 17 years, there’s been zero warming."

By Lauren Carroll • March 20, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on March 11, 2015 an interview with Hugh Hewitt:

"Here, we have Thanksgiving, we have Christmas, we have the 4th of July. Every year in Iran, they celebrate Death to America day."

By W. Gardner Selby • March 13, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on February 8, 2015 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

"92 million Americans aren't working."

By Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on June 1, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":

Says Barack Obama broke a decades-old policy of "not negotiating with terrorists."

By Steve Contorno • June 1, 2014

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