“Joe Biden's illegal vaccine mandate at work! Suddenly, we're short on pilots & air traffic controllers.”
What FactCheck.org found
Southwest Airlines' flight cancellations fueled partisan claims that workers were protesting COVID-19 vaccine requirements and causing the cancellations. But there's no evidence that workers staged protests.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Ted Cruz (Senator) made this claim around 10 October 2021. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 14 October 2021, 4 days later. Its rating was “No Evidence”.
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 FactCheck.org, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.