Ted Cruz: "Did you know ObamaCare will cost nearly twice as much as...
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Ted Cruz says health reform’s price tag has doubled br> U.S. Senate hopeful Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas, tweeted a claim that’s been racing through Republican...
View ArticleTed Cruz: David Dewhurst "has never once cut one penny from the state...
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Ted Cruz says David Dewhurst hasn't ever cut a penny from state budget br> Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Ted Cruz sounded dubious of Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst’s fiscal...
View ArticleTed Cruz: Says David Dewhurst "explicitly advocated" a guest worker...
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Ted Cruz says David Dewhurst advocated guest worker program for all illegal immigrants br> In a televised debate July 23, 2012, the Texas GOP candidates for...
View ArticleTed Cruz: Says our national debt is greater than our gross domestic product.
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Ted Cruz, addressing delegates, says national debt exceeds the U.S. gross domestic product br> Rallying delegates at the Republican National Convention, Ted Cruz...
View ArticleTed Cruz: Says "the jurisdictions with the strictest gun control laws,...
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Ted Cruz says jurisdictions with strictest gun laws have highest rates of crime and murder br> Crime statistics prove that gun control laws don’t work, according to...
View ArticleTed Cruz: Says the claim that 40 percent of guns are sold without background...
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Ted Cruz says claim that 40 percent of guns are sold without background checks traces to study done before checks were required br> U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz,...
View ArticleTed Cruz: Says he "has repeatedly praised Chuck Hagel’s character,...
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Ted Cruz said he has repeatedly praised Chuck Hagel's public service br> U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, who has drawn fire from Democrats for his questions of Chuck Hagel,...
View ArticleTed Cruz: Says Chuck Hagel’s nomination as defense secretary "has...
The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire! | Ted Cruz says Hagel nomination "publicly celebrated by the Iranian government" br> U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, who opposes the confirmation of Chuck Hagel as U.S....
View ArticleTed Cruz: "We have a federal government that thinks they have the...
The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Sen. Ted Cruz says the federal government thinks it has ‘authority to regulate our toilet seats’ br> Toilet seats just got political. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, a...
View ArticleTed Cruz: Says the Democrats told the Catholic Church that they’ll use...
The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire! | Ted Cruz says Democrats told Catholic Church they’ll use federal powers to close church charities and hospitals if the church doesn’t change its beliefs. br>...
View ArticleTed Cruz: "Expanding Medicaid will worsen health care options for the...
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Ted Cruz says expanding Medicaid will "worsen health care options for the most vulnerable" br> Sen. Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican who is gaining a reputation for...
View ArticleTed Cruz: Says Americans "invented ‘Pong,’ ‘Space...
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | UPDATED: Ted Cruz says Americans invented "Pong," "Space Invaders" and the iPhone br> The junior Republican senator from Texas celebrated American ingenuity in a...
View ArticleTed Cruz: The Senate immigration bill "has immediate legalization ......
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Senate bill has immediate legalization but border security that's 'designed never to come into being,' says Cruz br> A 1986 immigration law signed by President...
View ArticleTed Cruz: Says "President Obama just granted all of Congress an...
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Sen. Ted Cruz says Obama 'just granted all of Congress an exception' to Obamacare br>Sen. Ted Cruz wants Congress to refuse to fund Obamacare. The law’s such a mess,...
View ArticleTed Cruz: "According to a recent Congressional Budget Office report,...
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Cruz claim about fewer Americans with employer-backed health plans cherry-picks and misinterprets Congressional Budget Office figure br>Texas U.S. Sen. Ted...
View ArticleTed Cruz: Obamacare-caused paperwork will annually absorb 190 million hours...
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Cruz statement about Obamacare-caused paperwork--and more than 1,500 Mount Rushmores--draws on flawed Republican-authored analysis br>Ted Cruz, the junior...
View ArticleTed Cruz: UPS left 15,000 employees’ spouses "without health...
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Ted Cruz says policy change by UPS left employees’ spouses “without health insurance” br>During his marathon Senate floor speech opposing President Barack Obama’s...
View ArticleTed Cruz: "A strong bipartisan majority" in the House of...
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Ted Cruz says 'a strong bipartisan majority' in the House of Representatives 'voted to defund Obamacare' br>Where the showdown over a government shutdown is...
View ArticleTed Cruz: "Every month, we get the reports from the Bureau of Labor...
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Cruz claim about more Americans giving up job searches month after month not supported, though labor force participation on downslide br>Saying the new health...
View ArticleTed Cruz: "Neville Chamberlain told the British people: ‘Accept...
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | British prime minister didn't tell people the country couldn't possibly withstand Germany br>In his September 2013 day-night-and-day U.S. Senate floor speech...
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