Ted Cruz Retweets False Report About Canadian Trucker Protest, Doesn’t Delete After Reporter Corrects



Todd Neikirk is a New Jersey-based politics and technology writer.…
Ted Cruz has a history of using his Twitter feed to push misinformation. Despite being vaccinated and sending his children to schools with vaccine mandates, the Texas senator regularly promotes vaccine hesitancy. Cruz, of course, was also all in on Donald Trump’s Big Election Lie.

Carter wrote last night, “Reports are the woman trampled by a Canadian horse patrol just died at the hospital.” Cruz retweeted the message, writing, “This…is…horrific.”
The Fox reporter later wrote, “The Reports I was given earlier yesterday from sources on the ground that someone may have died at a hospital during the trampling was wrong.👇someone was taken to a hospital with a heart condition -not due to trampling.I want to clarify this again and apologize for any confusion.”
The Reports I was given earlier yesterday from sources on the ground that someone may have died at a hospital during the trampling was wrong.👇someone was taken to a hospital with a heart condition -not due to trampling.I want to clarify this again and apologize for any confusion pic.twitter.com/FVC2sTeeZy
— Sara A. Carter (@SaraCarterDC) February 19, 2022
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Todd Neikirk is a New Jersey-based politics and technology writer. His work has been featured in psfk.com, foxsports.com, and PoliticusUSA. An avid pet lover, he has been known to contribute to Pet Lifestyles Magazine. He enjoys sports, politics, technology, and spending time at the shore with his family.