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Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz is a U.S. Senator from Texas, first elected in 2012. Cruz also was a candidate for president of the United States in 2016. He is the former solicitor general for the state of Texas, previously serving as the director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission, an Associate Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice, and as a domestic policy advisor on the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign, according to his campaign biography.

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Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on October 19, 2025 an X post
Democrats are “dishonestly sending around a video from 2017” claiming it was an Oct. 18 ‘No Kings’ rally in Boston.
False
By Louis Jacobson, Loreben Tuquero • October 20, 2025
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 6, 2023 An interview on CNBC
“We produce a lot more wind energy in Texas than California does.”
True
By Sarah Bahari • November 14, 2023
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on August 30, 2023 A post on X.
"(President Joe) Biden is trying to limit you to two beers per week.”
False
By Sarah Bahari • September 1, 2023
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on May 17, 2023 a speech at the Hudson Institute
Barack Obama said that Iran has a “right” to nuclear technology, including weapons.
Mostly False
By Sarah Bahari • June 13, 2023
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on October 27, 2022 a tweet
Only Democratic cities take “‘days’ to count their votes” while “the rest of the country manages to get it done on election night.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2022
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on June 4, 2022 a tweet
"The impact of President Biden being beholden to the Green New Deal radicals in his party has electricity costs through the roof in Texas."
False
By Nusaiba Mizan • June 21, 2022
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on May 26, 2022 an interview with Fox News
In 2013, under a Democratic Senate, "a majority of the Senate voted in favor of" gun-related legislation sponsored by Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ted Cruz, “but the Democrats filibustered it.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 27, 2022
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on May 24, 2022 remarks to the media
“We know from past experiences that the most effective tool for keeping kids safe is armed law enforcement on the campus.”
False
By Madison Czopek • May 26, 2022
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 16, 2022 a committee meeting
"In 2020, more journalists were killed in Mexico than in any other country in the world."
True
By Nusaiba Mizan • February 28, 2022
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on August 4, 2021 an interview
“In the last several months, the Biden administration has released over 7,000 illegal aliens who were COVID positive just in one Texas city.” Biden's border policies are "endangering not just the people of Texas, but people all across the country."
False
By Brandon Mulder • September 3, 2021
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on July 13, 2021 an interview
"There is clear legal authority to handcuff and put in leg irons legislators that are trying to stop the legislature from being able to do business."
False
By Brandon Mulder • July 16, 2021
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on May 11, 2021 a meeting
The voting rights bill “would register millions of illegal aliens to vote. It is intended to do that.”
Pants on Fire!
By Brandon Mulder • May 14, 2021
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 22, 2021 a press conference
“You didn't see Republicans when we had control of the Senate try to rig the game.”
False
By Brandon Mulder, Louis Jacobson • April 27, 2021
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 9, 2021 a tweet
Said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her allies “blocked a resolution condemning anti-Semitism — which I passed unanimously in the Senate.”
Mostly False
By Landon Allison, Julia Schneider • February 18, 2021
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 6, 2021 a speech on the Senate floor
“39% of Americans … 31% of independents ... 17% of Democrats believe the election was rigged."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • January 6, 2021
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on December 15, 2020 a tweet
Says that guidance urging vaccinated people to avoid travel and continue wearing masks is "profoundly anti-science."
Pants on Fire!
By Brandon Mulder • December 18, 2020
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 5, 2020 a Fox News interview
Philadelphia is “clouding the vote counting in a shroud of darkness.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • November 6, 2020
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on October 26, 2020 an interview
Says Trump “didn’t campaign on cutting the debt” … “That’s not what he promised to do.”
False
By Brandon Mulder • October 30, 2020
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 24, 2020 a speech
Says Democrats are embracing “abortion up until the moment of birth and even, horrifically, after that.”
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • February 27, 2020
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on December 8, 2019 a TV interview
"Ukraine blatantly interfered in our election."
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • December 12, 2019
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Latest Fact-Checks About Ted Cruz

Facebook posts
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.
False
July 17, 2023
Facebook posts
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.”
Mostly False
April 12, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 29, 2023 a Facebook post
Video shows Congress “erupting” over U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s remarks.
False
January 31, 2023
Facebook posts
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.”
False
January 26, 2023
Facebook posts
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.
False
August 18, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 8, 2022 a Facebook post
“Ted Cruz leaks new document obtained from Hunter’s laptop implicating Nancy Pelosi.”
False
August 9, 2022
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 19, 2021 a Facebook post
Says Ted Cruz tweeted, “I’ll believe in climate change when Texas freezes over.”
False
February 19, 2021
Occupy Democrats
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.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 17, 2020
Beto O'Rourke
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.  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 18, 2018
Donald Trump
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.    
Pants on Fire!
By Dylan Baddour • July 22, 2016
Donald Trump
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.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson, Linda Qiu • May 3, 2016
Great America PAC
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."  
Half-True
April 22, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 20, 2016 a tweet
"Ted Cruz is mathematically out of winning the race."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • April 20, 2016
New Day for America
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."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 6, 2016
Donald Trump
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.  
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 31, 2016
Romney allies
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.  
Half-True
By Jim Tharpe • March 24, 2016
Marco Rubio
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."
Mostly True
By Jonathan Van Fleet • February 7, 2016
Marco Rubio
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."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 26, 2016
Marco Rubio
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.
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • January 15, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 5, 2016 an interview with The Washington Post
Canadian-born Ted Cruz "has had a double passport."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 6, 2016
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