“Every single Democratic member of the United States Senate is now on record supporting abolishing the police.”
Ted Cruz
U.S. Senator. Senate Judiciary Committee. Claim dated 13 May 2021.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
Cruz's claim is based on his misleading interpretation of the words of two of President Joe Biden’s nominees.
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In short
Ted Cruz (U.S. Senator) made this claim around 13 May 2021. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 May 2021, 5 days later. Its rating was “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.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AytM1FrwoD8&t=44s
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