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Ted Cruz
stated on June 21, 2019 in 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 in 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 October 16, 2018 in a Senate debate:

With the Republican-backed tax cut, "we’re seeing the result, and to date, federal tax revenues have gone up."

By Louis Jacobson • October 19, 2018

Ted Cruz
stated on September 28, 2018 in a debate:

California "is hemorrhaging population."

By Chris Nichols • September 28, 2018

Ted Cruz
stated on September 21, 2018 in 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 September 4, 2018 in 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 August 28, 2018 in an online video ad:

Says Beto O’Rourke "voted against" Hurricane Harvey "tax relief."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 29, 2018

Ted Cruz
stated on August 3, 2018 in a video ad made public by the Texas Tribune:

Says Beto O’Rourke is "open to abolishing ICE."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 6, 2018

Ted Cruz
stated on July 17, 2018 in 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 11, 2018 in 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 June 4, 2018 in 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 in 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 April 11, 2018 in a commentary on the Fox News website:

Says Facebook shut down a "Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day."

By W. Gardner Selby • April 23, 2018

Ted Cruz
stated on March 6, 2018 in 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 March 7, 2018 in 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 January 22, 2018 in an interview:

"I have consistently opposed shutdowns."

By Louis Jacobson • January 23, 2018

Ted Cruz
stated on December 19, 2017 in Senate floor debate of federal tax legislation:

"Every taxpayer, their taxes are going down, except rich people in Manhattan and San Francisco. Some of them, their taxes may go up."

By W. Gardner Selby • January 5, 2018

Ted Cruz
stated on November 6, 2017 in an interview with Shannon Bream of Fox News:

"In 2010, 48,000 felons and fugitives lied and illegally tried to purchase guns. They [The Obama administration] prosecuted only 44 of them."

By W. Gardner Selby • November 10, 2017

Ted Cruz
stated on November 6, 2017 in 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 September 30, 2017 in remarks before the NE Tarrant Tea Party group:

On preserving 60-vote threshold to end a Senate filibuster.

By W. Gardner Selby • October 20, 2017

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