“39% of Americans … 31% of independents ... 17% of Democrats believe the election was rigged.”
Ted Cruz
U.S. Senator. in a Senate floor speech. Claim dated 7 Jan 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
The percentage of people who said the election outcome was “the result of illegal voting or election rigging” is much lower than the numbers Cruz cited.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Ted Cruz (U.S. Senator) made this claim around 7 January 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 7 January 2021. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Ted Cruz has 24 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 10 of them false or fake, 10 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
This check was done by PolitiFact, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.