Latest Fact-checks on Ted Cruz Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Ted Cruz stated on February 8, 2015 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": "The Obama administration is refusing to directly arm the Kurds." Ted Cruz stated on January 20, 2015 in an interview with Fox News: "Today the top 1 percent earn a higher share of our national income than any year since 1928." Ted Cruz stated on November 19, 2014 in an interview on Fox News: In the 2014 elections, "the American people overwhelmingly said we don't want Obamacare … and we don't want amnesty." Ted Cruz stated on November 10, 2014 in a Facebook post: Says Obama's net neutrality proposal "puts the government in charge of determining Internet pricing, terms of service and what types of products and services can be delivered." Ted Cruz stated on October 19, 2014 in an interview on CNN: "Obama, instead of nominating a health professional, he nominated someone who is an anti-gun activist (for surgeon general)." Ted Cruz stated on September 9, 2014 in a Senate floor speech: Saturday Night Live executive producer "Lorne Michaels could be put in jail under this amendment for making fun of any politician." Ted Cruz stated on August 31, 2014 in an interview with WFAA-TV: ISIS is "right now crucifying Christians in Iraq, literally nailing Christians to trees." Ted Cruz stated on June 23, 2014 in a press conference at Lackland Air Force Base: Says children are coming into the U.S. in "staggering numbers" because President Barack Obama "has been promising amnesty." Ted Cruz stated on June 23, 2014 in a press conference : Says 95 percent of people caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border said in a survey "we are coming because we’ve been promised amnesty." Ted Cruz stated on June 1, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": Says Barack Obama broke a decades-old policy of "not negotiating with terrorists." Ted Cruz stated on May 6, 2014 in a report: The Obama administration spent "$205,075 in ‘stimulus’ funds to relocate a shrub that sells for $16." Ted Cruz stated on March 6, 2014 in a speech at the CPAC conference: Says President Barack Obama "is the first president we've ever had who thinks he can choose which laws to enforce and which laws to ignore." Ted Cruz stated on January 26, 2014 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": Under President Barack Obama, "We’ve got the lowest labor force participation in over three decades, since 1978." Ted Cruz stated on January 10, 2014 in a speech at a Texas Public Policy Foundation forum: Obama unilaterally announced he was delaying employer mandate "through a blog post by a mid-level bureaucrat at the Department of Treasury." Ted Cruz stated on November 8, 2013 in in an interview on the "Tonight Show": "Under President (George W.) Bush, prosecution of gun crimes was 30 percent higher than it is under President Obama." Ted Cruz stated on November 8, 2013 in an interview on NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno": "In the last four years, our economy has grown on average 0.9 percent a year." Ted Cruz stated on October 16, 2013 in a conversation with reporters: "Virtually every person across this country has seen premiums going up and up and up" due to Obamacare. Ted Cruz stated on September 24, 2013 in speech advocating repeal of Obamacare law: "Neville Chamberlain told the British people: ‘Accept the Nazis. Yes, they will dominate the continent of Europe, but that is not our problem. Let's appease them. Why? Because it can't be done. We cannot possibly stand against them.’" Ted Cruz stated on September 24, 2013 in Senate floor speech on the Obamacare law: "Every month, we get the reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that say even more people have given up looking for work." Ted Cruz stated on September 20, 2013 in a news release: "A strong bipartisan majority" in the House of Representatives "voted to defund Obamacare." Ted Cruz stated on September 24, 2013 in a Senate floor speech: UPS left 15,000 employees’ spouses "without health insurance" and told them to, "go on an exchange with no employer subsidy." Ted Cruz stated on July 30, 2013 in a Senate floor colloquy: Obamacare-caused paperwork will annually absorb 190 million hours or more--and Mount Rushmore could be built 1,547 times over "with the paperwork." Ted Cruz stated on August 12, 2013 in a radio commentary.: "According to a recent Congressional Budget Office report, under Obamacare, 7 million people will lose their employer-sponsored insurance." Ted Cruz stated on August 10, 2013 in a speech to the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa: Says "President Obama just granted all of Congress an exception" to Obamacare. Ted Cruz stated on June 24, 2013 in an interview with Fox News: The Senate immigration bill "has immediate legalization ... and the border security is sometime in the future, and just like in 1986, it's designed never to come into being." Ted Cruz stated on May 11, 2013 in the commencement address at Hillsdale College: Says Americans "invented ‘Pong,’ ‘Space Invaders’ and the iPhone." Ted Cruz stated on April 1, 2013 in remarks in Austin, Texas: "Expanding Medicaid will worsen health care options for the most vulnerable among us in Texas." Ted Cruz stated on March 16, 2013 in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference: Says the Democrats told the Catholic Church that they’ll use federal powers to shut down church charities and hospitals if the church doesn’t change its beliefs. Ted Cruz stated on March 16, 2013 in a speech at CPAC: "We have a federal government that thinks they have the authority to regulate our toilet seats." Ted Cruz stated on February 1, 2013 in a Politico column.: Says Chuck Hagel’s nomination as defense secretary "has been publicly celebrated by the Iranian government."
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Ted Cruz stated on February 8, 2015 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": "The Obama administration is refusing to directly arm the Kurds." Ted Cruz stated on January 20, 2015 in an interview with Fox News: "Today the top 1 percent earn a higher share of our national income than any year since 1928." Ted Cruz stated on November 19, 2014 in an interview on Fox News: In the 2014 elections, "the American people overwhelmingly said we don't want Obamacare … and we don't want amnesty." Ted Cruz stated on November 10, 2014 in a Facebook post: Says Obama's net neutrality proposal "puts the government in charge of determining Internet pricing, terms of service and what types of products and services can be delivered." Ted Cruz stated on October 19, 2014 in an interview on CNN: "Obama, instead of nominating a health professional, he nominated someone who is an anti-gun activist (for surgeon general)." Ted Cruz stated on September 9, 2014 in a Senate floor speech: Saturday Night Live executive producer "Lorne Michaels could be put in jail under this amendment for making fun of any politician." Ted Cruz stated on August 31, 2014 in an interview with WFAA-TV: ISIS is "right now crucifying Christians in Iraq, literally nailing Christians to trees." Ted Cruz stated on June 23, 2014 in a press conference at Lackland Air Force Base: Says children are coming into the U.S. in "staggering numbers" because President Barack Obama "has been promising amnesty." Ted Cruz stated on June 23, 2014 in a press conference : Says 95 percent of people caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border said in a survey "we are coming because we’ve been promised amnesty." Ted Cruz stated on June 1, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": Says Barack Obama broke a decades-old policy of "not negotiating with terrorists." Ted Cruz stated on May 6, 2014 in a report: The Obama administration spent "$205,075 in ‘stimulus’ funds to relocate a shrub that sells for $16." Ted Cruz stated on March 6, 2014 in a speech at the CPAC conference: Says President Barack Obama "is the first president we've ever had who thinks he can choose which laws to enforce and which laws to ignore." Ted Cruz stated on January 26, 2014 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": Under President Barack Obama, "We’ve got the lowest labor force participation in over three decades, since 1978." Ted Cruz stated on January 10, 2014 in a speech at a Texas Public Policy Foundation forum: Obama unilaterally announced he was delaying employer mandate "through a blog post by a mid-level bureaucrat at the Department of Treasury." Ted Cruz stated on November 8, 2013 in in an interview on the "Tonight Show": "Under President (George W.) Bush, prosecution of gun crimes was 30 percent higher than it is under President Obama." Ted Cruz stated on November 8, 2013 in an interview on NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno": "In the last four years, our economy has grown on average 0.9 percent a year." Ted Cruz stated on October 16, 2013 in a conversation with reporters: "Virtually every person across this country has seen premiums going up and up and up" due to Obamacare. Ted Cruz stated on September 24, 2013 in speech advocating repeal of Obamacare law: "Neville Chamberlain told the British people: ‘Accept the Nazis. Yes, they will dominate the continent of Europe, but that is not our problem. Let's appease them. Why? Because it can't be done. We cannot possibly stand against them.’" Ted Cruz stated on September 24, 2013 in Senate floor speech on the Obamacare law: "Every month, we get the reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that say even more people have given up looking for work." Ted Cruz stated on September 20, 2013 in a news release: "A strong bipartisan majority" in the House of Representatives "voted to defund Obamacare." Ted Cruz stated on September 24, 2013 in a Senate floor speech: UPS left 15,000 employees’ spouses "without health insurance" and told them to, "go on an exchange with no employer subsidy." Ted Cruz stated on July 30, 2013 in a Senate floor colloquy: Obamacare-caused paperwork will annually absorb 190 million hours or more--and Mount Rushmore could be built 1,547 times over "with the paperwork." Ted Cruz stated on August 12, 2013 in a radio commentary.: "According to a recent Congressional Budget Office report, under Obamacare, 7 million people will lose their employer-sponsored insurance." Ted Cruz stated on August 10, 2013 in a speech to the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa: Says "President Obama just granted all of Congress an exception" to Obamacare. Ted Cruz stated on June 24, 2013 in an interview with Fox News: The Senate immigration bill "has immediate legalization ... and the border security is sometime in the future, and just like in 1986, it's designed never to come into being." Ted Cruz stated on May 11, 2013 in the commencement address at Hillsdale College: Says Americans "invented ‘Pong,’ ‘Space Invaders’ and the iPhone." Ted Cruz stated on April 1, 2013 in remarks in Austin, Texas: "Expanding Medicaid will worsen health care options for the most vulnerable among us in Texas." Ted Cruz stated on March 16, 2013 in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference: Says the Democrats told the Catholic Church that they’ll use federal powers to shut down church charities and hospitals if the church doesn’t change its beliefs. Ted Cruz stated on March 16, 2013 in a speech at CPAC: "We have a federal government that thinks they have the authority to regulate our toilet seats." Ted Cruz stated on February 1, 2013 in a Politico column.: Says Chuck Hagel’s nomination as defense secretary "has been publicly celebrated by the Iranian government."
Ted Cruz stated on February 8, 2015 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": "The Obama administration is refusing to directly arm the Kurds."
Ted Cruz stated on January 20, 2015 in an interview with Fox News: "Today the top 1 percent earn a higher share of our national income than any year since 1928."
Ted Cruz stated on November 19, 2014 in an interview on Fox News: In the 2014 elections, "the American people overwhelmingly said we don't want Obamacare … and we don't want amnesty."
Ted Cruz stated on November 10, 2014 in a Facebook post: Says Obama's net neutrality proposal "puts the government in charge of determining Internet pricing, terms of service and what types of products and services can be delivered."
Ted Cruz stated on October 19, 2014 in an interview on CNN: "Obama, instead of nominating a health professional, he nominated someone who is an anti-gun activist (for surgeon general)."
Ted Cruz stated on September 9, 2014 in a Senate floor speech: Saturday Night Live executive producer "Lorne Michaels could be put in jail under this amendment for making fun of any politician."
Ted Cruz stated on August 31, 2014 in an interview with WFAA-TV: ISIS is "right now crucifying Christians in Iraq, literally nailing Christians to trees."
Ted Cruz stated on June 23, 2014 in a press conference at Lackland Air Force Base: Says children are coming into the U.S. in "staggering numbers" because President Barack Obama "has been promising amnesty."
Ted Cruz stated on June 23, 2014 in a press conference : Says 95 percent of people caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border said in a survey "we are coming because we’ve been promised amnesty."
Ted Cruz stated on June 1, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": Says Barack Obama broke a decades-old policy of "not negotiating with terrorists."
Ted Cruz stated on May 6, 2014 in a report: The Obama administration spent "$205,075 in ‘stimulus’ funds to relocate a shrub that sells for $16."
Ted Cruz stated on March 6, 2014 in a speech at the CPAC conference: Says President Barack Obama "is the first president we've ever had who thinks he can choose which laws to enforce and which laws to ignore."
Ted Cruz stated on January 26, 2014 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": Under President Barack Obama, "We’ve got the lowest labor force participation in over three decades, since 1978."
Ted Cruz stated on January 10, 2014 in a speech at a Texas Public Policy Foundation forum: Obama unilaterally announced he was delaying employer mandate "through a blog post by a mid-level bureaucrat at the Department of Treasury."
Ted Cruz stated on November 8, 2013 in in an interview on the "Tonight Show": "Under President (George W.) Bush, prosecution of gun crimes was 30 percent higher than it is under President Obama."
Ted Cruz stated on November 8, 2013 in an interview on NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno": "In the last four years, our economy has grown on average 0.9 percent a year."
Ted Cruz stated on October 16, 2013 in a conversation with reporters: "Virtually every person across this country has seen premiums going up and up and up" due to Obamacare.
Ted Cruz stated on September 24, 2013 in speech advocating repeal of Obamacare law: "Neville Chamberlain told the British people: ‘Accept the Nazis. Yes, they will dominate the continent of Europe, but that is not our problem. Let's appease them. Why? Because it can't be done. We cannot possibly stand against them.’"
Ted Cruz stated on September 24, 2013 in Senate floor speech on the Obamacare law: "Every month, we get the reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that say even more people have given up looking for work."
Ted Cruz stated on September 20, 2013 in a news release: "A strong bipartisan majority" in the House of Representatives "voted to defund Obamacare."
Ted Cruz stated on September 24, 2013 in a Senate floor speech: UPS left 15,000 employees’ spouses "without health insurance" and told them to, "go on an exchange with no employer subsidy."
Ted Cruz stated on July 30, 2013 in a Senate floor colloquy: Obamacare-caused paperwork will annually absorb 190 million hours or more--and Mount Rushmore could be built 1,547 times over "with the paperwork."
Ted Cruz stated on August 12, 2013 in a radio commentary.: "According to a recent Congressional Budget Office report, under Obamacare, 7 million people will lose their employer-sponsored insurance."
Ted Cruz stated on August 10, 2013 in a speech to the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa: Says "President Obama just granted all of Congress an exception" to Obamacare.
Ted Cruz stated on June 24, 2013 in an interview with Fox News: The Senate immigration bill "has immediate legalization ... and the border security is sometime in the future, and just like in 1986, it's designed never to come into being."
Ted Cruz stated on May 11, 2013 in the commencement address at Hillsdale College: Says Americans "invented ‘Pong,’ ‘Space Invaders’ and the iPhone."
Ted Cruz stated on April 1, 2013 in remarks in Austin, Texas: "Expanding Medicaid will worsen health care options for the most vulnerable among us in Texas."
Ted Cruz stated on March 16, 2013 in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference: Says the Democrats told the Catholic Church that they’ll use federal powers to shut down church charities and hospitals if the church doesn’t change its beliefs.
Ted Cruz stated on March 16, 2013 in a speech at CPAC: "We have a federal government that thinks they have the authority to regulate our toilet seats."
Ted Cruz stated on February 1, 2013 in a Politico column.: Says Chuck Hagel’s nomination as defense secretary "has been publicly celebrated by the Iranian government."
