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Ted Cruz
stated on March 13, 2016 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says President Barack Obama has "been presiding over our jobs going overseas for seven years."

By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on November 21, 2015 in a TV ad that ran mostly in Iowa:

Says Donald Trump and Marco Rubio opposed Cruz’s "efforts to defund Planned Parenthood."

By Emma Hinchliffe • March 16, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on March 13, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press":

"More than once, I've actually had a conversation with the protesters on substance."

By Linda Qiu • March 13, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on March 10, 2016 in the Republican debate in Miami:

"I opposed TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) and have always opposed TPP."

By Jon Greenberg • March 11, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on March 10, 2016 in in a GOP debate in Miami:

Says Donald Trump "has said he wants to be neutral on Israel and the Palestinians"

By Amy Sherman • March 11, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on February 28, 2016 in on CNN's "State of the Union.":

Donald Trump has "described Hillary Clinton as one of the best secretaries of state in history."

By Dylan Baddour • March 8, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on March 3, 2016 in a Republican presidential debate in Detroit:

Says Donald Trump has written 10 checks to Hillary Clinton "and four of those checks were not to her Senate campaign. … It was to her presidential campaign."

By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on February 25, 2016 in remarks during the GOP debate at the University of Houston:

"Spending on welfare, on prisons, and education, all of those have dropped by hundreds of millions of dollars" because of Arizona’s immigration laws that drove out undocumented immigrants.

By Anthony Cave • March 4, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on February 28, 2016 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":

Says "Harry Reid, when asked about the Republican field, said the Republican he likes the best is Donald Trump, and he said, because I can work with him. He'll cut deals."

By Louis Jacobson • March 2, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on February 28, 2016 in comments on Meet the Press:

"There have been multiple media reports about (Donald Trump's) business dealings with the mob, with the mafia."

By Linda Qiu • March 2, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on February 25, 2016 in the Republican debate in Houston, Texas:

"A couple of debates ago, (Donald Trump) said if you don’t support socialized health care, you’re heartless."

By Jon Greenberg • February 26, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on February 18, 2016 in a campaign ad:

Says Donald Trump "wants to keep big government in charge" of federally-owned land.

By Riley Snyder • February 23, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on February 21, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press":

"About 70 percent of Republicans nationwide ... don't think Donald Trump is the right guy" to take on Hillary Clinton in November.

By Linda Qiu • February 21, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on February 15, 2016 in an interview on Fox News:

Says Marco Rubio "went on Univision, and in Spanish he promised that he would not on the first day in office rescind President Obama's illegal executive action."

By Amy Sherman • February 17, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on February 14, 2016 in on ABC's "This Week":

Says "the one person (Donald Trump) has suggested that would make a good justice is his sister, who is a court of appeals judge appointed by Bill Clinton. She is a hardcore pro-abortion liberal judge."

By Lauren Carroll • February 16, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on February 14, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press":

"It has been 80 years since a Supreme Court vacancy was nominated and confirmed in an election year. There is a long tradition that you don't do this in an election year."

By Jon Greenberg • February 14, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on February 6, 2016 in the New Hampshire GOP debate:

Says CNN reported Ben Carson was "taking a break from campaigning" and the Cruz campaign "forwarded that news to our volunteers."

By Linda Qiu • February 7, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on February 3, 2016 in a town hall in Henniker, N.H.:

"During eight years under Ronald Reagan, African-American median income rose by about $5,000."

By Louis Jacobson • February 3, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on February 2, 2016 in a town hall event in Windham, N.H.:

The 2013 immigration bill "expanded President Obama’s ability to bring Syrian refugees to this country without mandating any meaningful background checks."

By Joshua Gillin • February 3, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on January 31, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press":

"Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have the identical position on health care, which is they want to put the government in charge of you and your doctor."

By Linda Qiu • January 31, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on January 28, 2016 in comments during the Iowa Republican presidential debate:

Obamacare "is the biggest job-killer in this country -- millions of Americans have lost their jobs, have been forced into part-time work."

By Jon Greenberg • January 29, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on January 28, 2016 in comments during the Iowa Republican presidential debate:

"I have not insulted Donald personally."

By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on January 28, 2016 in a Fox News debate :

"Barack Obama, right now, No. 1, over seven years has dramatically degraded our military."

By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on January 21, 2016 in a New Hampshire appearance:

"Blue Cross Blue Shield cancelled all their individual (health care) policies in the state of Texas, effective Dec. 31."

By W. Gardner Selby • January 22, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on January 7, 2016 in a TV interview:

"California Senator, Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein said if she could say to Mr. America and Mrs. America, 'Give me your guns, I'm rounding 'em up,' she would."

By Chris Nichols • January 15, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on January 14, 2016 in a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.:

Says Marco Rubio "knows full well I voted for his amendment to increase military spending to $697 billion."

By Lauren Carroll • January 15, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on January 15, 2016 in a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.:

Says President Barack Obama "appointed Eric Holder as attorney general. Eric Holder said he viewed his mission as brainwashing the American people against guns."

By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on January 14, 2016 in the Fox Business Network debate:

"We have the lowest percentage of Americans working today of any year since 1977."

By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on December 17, 2015 in a radio interview.:

"Existing law right now requires 700 miles of double-layered border fencing" on the Mexico border.

By Sean Gorman • December 29, 2015
Ted Cruz
stated on December 17, 2015 in a radio interview.:

Forty percent of illegal immigrants are "people coming legally on visas and overstaying their visas."

By Warren Fiske • December 28, 2015

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