Fact Check Posts – Page 6

Ted Cruz
stated on November 10, 2015 the Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee, Wis.

"There are more words in the IRS code than there are in the Bible."

By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on October 26, 2015 a Houston press conference

My campaign "finished the last quarter reporting the most cash on hand of any Republican in the field … $13.8 million in the bank, $3.5 million more than the Jeb Bush campaign."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 30, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.

"Under Barack Obama and the big government economy, the median wage for women has dropped $733."

By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 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 September 1, 2015 a speech to the Greater Houston Partnership

The Iran deal "trusts the Iranians to inspect themselves."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 18, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on September 16, 2015 comments during the CNN debate

"A majority of the men and women on this stage have previously and publicly embraced amnesty. I am the only candidate on this stage who has never supported amnesty."

By Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on September 9, 2015 a tweet

"The Iran Deal will facilitate and accelerate the nation of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons."

By Louis Jacobson • September 10, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on August 21, 2015 speaking to reporters in Iowa

"It has been the law since the beginning of the country that the children of American citizens born ... abroad are American citizens by birth."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 4, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on August 21, 2015 answering a reporter in Iowa

"In the year 2013, the Obama administration released 104,000 criminal illegal aliens. They released 196 murderers – people with homicide convictions, who are here illegally."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 28, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on August 6, 2015 in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland

"A majority of the candidates on this stage have supported amnesty ... I have never supported amnesty."

By Lauren Carroll • August 7, 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 23, 2015 an op-ed on Breitbart

On support for Trade Promotion Authority, called fast-track

By Keely Herring • July 8, 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 July 12, 2014 a roundtable with Texas businesses

"Every year we spend roughly $500 billion on tax compliance. That is roughly the budget of our entire military, entirely wasted on tax compliance."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 20, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on April 18, 2015 remarks in New Hampshire

"About half of the presidents have been governors; half of them, senators."

By W. Gardner Selby • April 27, 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 23, 2015 a speech at Liberty University

"Small businesses (are) going out of business in record numbers."

By Steve Contorno • March 24, 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

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