“You didn't see Republicans when we had control of the Senate try to rig the game” for Supreme Court nominations.”
What PolitiFact found
Cruz’s comment ignores that Republicans gave diametrically opposite treatment to President Barack Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland and President Donald Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Ted Cruz (U.S. Senator, R-Texas) made this claim around 22 April 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 27 April 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.
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