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TexasTowelie

(112,451 posts)
Sun Mar 22, 2015, 07:59 PM Mar 2015

Ted Cruz and the Truth-O-Meter Already Hot

Just a few years after launching an underdog U.S. Senate campaign that became a juggernaut, Ted Cruz of Texas is reportedly on the verge of announcing his 2016 candidacy for president.

Win or lose in this expected venture, Sen. Cruz, a Republican, already has a Truth-O-Meter record that through 2014 had drawn as many online views as about anything we’ve done. Indeed, Cruz’s PolitiFact report card nearly had as many page views as the longer report card reflecting fact checks of longtime Gov. Rick Perry.

We’ll be listening Monday to see if Cruz revisits any of the claims already fact-checked. Please email us if you hear anything curious.

See Cruz’s full PolitiFact report card here. Take in a PolitiFact look into his eligibility to run (Cruz was born in Canada) here.

Read more: http://www.politifact.com/texas/article/2015/mar/22/ted-cruz-and-truth-o-meter-already-winner/

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