Conservatives slammed fact-checking site Politifact for giving Sen. Ted Cruz a false rating for saying Republicans didn’t “rig” the Supreme Court when they held control of the Senate.
“Lying liars lie & that’s what Politi'fact' does every day. To ‘pack’ the Supreme Court is to ADD seats for political advantage. Republicans did NOT do so when we had control-nobody even suggested it,” Cruz tweeted in response to the fact check. “Now, Dems have filed legislation to EXPAND SCOTUS from 9 to 13 Justices. FACT.”
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Politifact published an analysis last Thursday that found Cruz's statements “false” when he said: “You didn't see Republicans when we had control of the Senate try to rig the game. You didn't see us try to pack the court.”
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“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,” Politifact said.
“As the party controlling the Senate, the Republicans had the right to exercise their power as they saw fit. But there was no consistency on their part when they denied Garland a hearing for nearly a year yet rushed through Barrett’s nomination within weeks — other than advancing the party’s goals,” it added.
Other conservatives joined Cruz in slamming the fact-check, with some pointing to it as another instance of the media putting forth “left-wing propaganda.”
“We get it. You hate conservatives and will claim left-wing propaganda are facts because that's what you do,” NewsBusters managing editor Curtis Houck tweeted.
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Politifact did not immediately respond to the Washington Examiner's request for comment on the pushback the fact check has received. Politifact is currently part of Facebook's fact-checking program tasked with eliminating misinformation shared on the social media platform.
