Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was fact-checked on Fox News Wednesday after he falsely asserted ― again ― that U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland had called parents “domestic terrorists.”
Speaking on Fox News about Republican Glenn Youngkin’s win in the Virginia gubernatorial race, Cruz claimed one reason for the Republican victory was parents wanting to have “influence and control over what their kids are taught.”
“The arrogance of the Democrats saying ‘parents have no control over that,’ and even worse, the attorney general ― Joe Biden’s attorney general ― calling those parents domestic terrorists. I think that directly led to the result last night.”
Anchor John Roberts pointed out that Cruz’s statement about Garland was false.
“Although in fairness, he said that they weren’t domestic terrorists. It was the National School Boards Association that said that,” Roberts said.
You can watch that exchange below at around the 1:30 mark.
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Cruz later tweeted a clip from the interview that contained his false claim but not Roberts’ correction.
The senator’s office did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s request for comment.
.@GlennYoungkin’s win in Virginia is a BIG DEAL. There are a lot of Democrats on the Hill that are freaked out. pic.twitter.com/vgqZYixneX — Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) November 3, 2021
Cruz and other Republican senators have been up in arms over an Oct. 4 memo from Garland directing the FBI and attorneys general to work with local law enforcement to devise strategies to address increased harassment, intimidation and violent threats against public school employees and school board members across the country.
The memo makes no mention of the term “domestic terrorist,” nor does it cast parents as such.
It was sent several days after the National School Boards Association wrote a letter to the president asking for federal support to address growing harassment and threats of violence against local school board members. That letter did use the term domestic terrorism, and the NSBA later apologized for using that language.
The plea for help came as school board meetings have become growing hot spots for politicized and often heated disputes over mask-wearing, COVID-19 mitigation strategies and how children are taught about racism in America.
summershank2142 on November 4th, 2021 at 13:37 UTC »
WOAH... is that Ted Cruz? The same Ted Cruz who on 9/11/2017 liked a step mom pornhub video and shared it to his Twitter, then shamelessly blamed it on a staffer? THAT Ted Cruz?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/09/12/after-tedcruz-liked-a-porn-tweet-sen-ted-cruz-blamed-a-staffing-issue/
And then pornhub went and made the video free and called it ‘Ted Cruz did nothing wrong!’?
Or is it the guy whose wife was insulted by the former President, specifically calling her ugly, or when the former President also accused Ted Cruz’s dad of killing JFK? Or when he accused Ted Cruz of being the zodiac killer, and his response to all of those insults was to kiss his ass?
Or is he the guy who even after a pro Trump mob assaulted our Capitol, still got up and claimed the same day (with no proof) that a DIFFERENT STATE was running their election against his own wishes, in a clear attempt at disenfranchising millions of people by invalidating their votes? And he supported the insurrectionists? I thought republicans were all about states rights? So why was Ted Cruz trying to interfere with another states fairly run election?
Clip of Capitol Hill terrorists saying “I think Cruz would want us to do this. I think we are good” at the end of the video https://twitter.com/zakiscorner/status/1350846382110695430?s=21
Or is Rafael Edward Cruz the same person who mocked Robert “Beto” O'Rourke IN 2018 for using a nickname when the same man calls himself Ted?
Is this the same Ted Cruz that voted against giving federal aid money to Hurricane Sandy victims, then pulled a complete 180 and drafted a bill for federal relief after Hurricane Harvey devastated Texas?
Could he be the same Ted Cruz who ate a booger on live TV?? https://www.sacurrent.com/the-daily/archives/2016/03/04/did-ted-cruz-eat-a-booger-on-live-tv?media=AMP+HTML
Is this the same Ted Cruz that while his state was enduring the worst cold snap in decades, leaving dozens to freeze to death, went on vacation to Cancun and left his dog at home alone with a security guard? The same guy who upon getting caught, blamed it on his daughters, then put up a clearly staged video of him moving some water bottles into a car on social media to save face?
Is this the same person?
hamhead on November 4th, 2021 at 11:53 UTC »
This makes it sound like he was blatantly owned on national TV. He wasn’t. He was gently corrected and they glossed right past it.
Edit: this is why you should never read HuffPo for commentary on republicans. I’m not saying it’s a bad site, but it isn’t going to give you a true view on what happened with the other side.
Allenrw3 on November 4th, 2021 at 11:48 UTC »
I do not like that man ted cruz