Latest Mostly False 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 October 14, 2015 in an interview on Fox News: The "Democratic Party is getting smaller and smaller and smaller." Ted Cruz stated on October 18, 2015 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press': "Republican leadership took the lead confirming Loretta Lynch as attorney general." Ted Cruz stated on September 21, 2015 in 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." Ted Cruz stated on June 28, 2015 in 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. Ted Cruz stated on June 29, 2015 in 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. Ted Cruz stated on March 23, 2015: "Today roughly half of born-again Christians aren’t voting. They’re staying home." Ted Cruz stated on March 17, 2015 in 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." Ted Cruz stated on March 11, 2015 in 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." Ted Cruz stated on February 8, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": "92 million Americans aren't working." 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 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 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 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 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."
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Ted Cruz stated on October 14, 2015 in an interview on Fox News: The "Democratic Party is getting smaller and smaller and smaller." Ted Cruz stated on October 18, 2015 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press': "Republican leadership took the lead confirming Loretta Lynch as attorney general." Ted Cruz stated on September 21, 2015 in 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." Ted Cruz stated on June 28, 2015 in 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. Ted Cruz stated on June 29, 2015 in 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. Ted Cruz stated on March 23, 2015: "Today roughly half of born-again Christians aren’t voting. They’re staying home." Ted Cruz stated on March 17, 2015 in 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." Ted Cruz stated on March 11, 2015 in 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." Ted Cruz stated on February 8, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": "92 million Americans aren't working." 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 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 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 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 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 October 14, 2015 in an interview on Fox News: The "Democratic Party is getting smaller and smaller and smaller."
Ted Cruz stated on October 18, 2015 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press': "Republican leadership took the lead confirming Loretta Lynch as attorney general."
Ted Cruz stated on September 21, 2015 in 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."
Ted Cruz stated on June 28, 2015 in 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.
Ted Cruz stated on June 29, 2015 in 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.
Ted Cruz stated on March 23, 2015: "Today roughly half of born-again Christians aren’t voting. They’re staying home."
Ted Cruz stated on March 17, 2015 in 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."
Ted Cruz stated on March 11, 2015 in 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."
Ted Cruz stated on February 8, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": "92 million Americans aren't working."
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 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 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 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 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."
