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Latest Fact-Checks On Ted Cruz

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Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 21, 2016 an interview on CNN
"Ukraine voluntarily gave up its nuclear weapons because the United States of America" said it would "ensure (its) territorial integrity from Russia."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 23, 2016
Ted Cruz
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."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2016
Ted Cruz
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."
Mostly False
By Emma Hinchliffe • March 16, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 13, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"
"More than once, I've actually had a conversation with the protesters on substance."
True
By Linda Qiu • March 13, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 10, 2016 the Republican debate in Miami
"I opposed TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) and have always opposed TPP."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 11, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 10, 2016 in a GOP debate in Miami
Says Donald Trump "has said he wants to be neutral on Israel and the Palestinians"  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 11, 2016
Ted Cruz
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."
Mostly False
By Dylan Baddour, W. Gardner Selby • March 8, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 3, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in Detroit
Says Donald Trump has written 10 checks to Hillary Clinton "and four of those checks were not to her Senate campaign. … It was to her presidential campaign."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2016
Ted Cruz
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.
Mostly False
By Anthony Cave • March 4, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 28, 2016 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
Says "Harry Reid, when asked about the Republican field, said the Republican he likes the best is Donald Trump, and he said, because I can work with him. He'll cut deals."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 2, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 28, 2016 comments on Meet the Press
"There have been multiple media reports about (Donald Trump's) business dealings with the mob, with the mafia."
True
By Linda Qiu • March 2, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 25, 2016 the Republican debate in Houston, Texas
"A couple of debates ago, (Donald Trump) said if you don’t support socialized health care, you’re heartless."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • February 26, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 18, 2016 a campaign ad
Says Donald Trump "wants to keep big government in charge" of federally-owned land.
Mostly True
By Riley Snyder • February 23, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 21, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"
"About 70 percent of Republicans nationwide ... don't think Donald Trump is the right guy" to take on Hillary Clinton in November.
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • February 21, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 15, 2016 an interview on Fox News
Says Marco Rubio "went on Univision, and in Spanish he promised that he would not on the first day in office rescind President Obama's illegal executive action."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 17, 2016
Ted Cruz
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."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • February 16, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 14, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press"
"It has been 80 years since a Supreme Court vacancy was nominated and confirmed in an election year. There is a long tradition that you don't do this in an election year."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • February 14, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 6, 2016 the New Hampshire GOP debate
Says CNN reported Ben Carson was "taking a break from campaigning" and the Cruz campaign "forwarded that news to our volunteers."  
False
By Linda Qiu • February 7, 2016
Ted Cruz
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."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 3, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 2, 2016 a town hall event in Windham, N.H.
The 2013 immigration bill "expanded President Obama’s ability to bring Syrian refugees to this country without mandating any meaningful background checks."
False
By Joshua Gillin, Jon Greenberg • February 3, 2016
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