Liberals Refuse to Believe That a Fake Ted Cruz Tweet on Climate Change That Went Viral Is Actually Fake

PJ Media ^ | 02/21/2021 | Matt Margolis

[SeekAndFind]

Ted Cruz has been criticized by the media for vacationing in Cancún, Mexico, while Texas was experiencing severe winter weather that caused millions to endure power outages. Cruz, a U.S. senator, has no role in coordinating the state or federal responses to the crisis. Nevertheless, Cruz is being targeted. During the onslaught, a screenshot of an alleged tweet by Senator Ted Cruz went viral. You’ve probably seen it. The tweet, allegedly made in September 2016, shows Cruz saying, “I’ll believe in climate change when Texas freezes over.”

On Friday, Snopes, which is hardly known for being politically objective, debunked the tweet. “We looked through Cruz’ Twitter history, and there is no record of him having tweeted this, even in archived versions of his page from Sept. 2016. A look at ProPublica’s deleted tweets archive also showed no results from that date. He was also never quoted saying this publicly based on online searches.”

FAKE: The viral screenshot of a Ted Cruz tweet saying "I'll believe in climate change when Texas freezes over" is doctored, per @snopes

https://t.co/hyEmqag6LU pic.twitter.com/HOTji14Jki

— PolitiFact Texas (@PolitiFactTexas) February 19, 2021

Unfortunately, like so much misinformation spread on social media, many on the left refuse to believe that the tweet (or the sentiment) is actually fake.

It doesn’t matter if it’s a real tweet. It’s literally something he would say because he does not believe in climate change.

— ☕️ 𝕯𝖔𝖔𝖒𝖊𝖗 ⚰️ (@gothiccvegan) February 20, 2021

He may not have said it, but you know he thinks it. So why bother refuting the screenshot when the spirit of the thought is true?

— Whoopty Whoo The Precious Bongo Boy (@WhooptyWhooTPBB) February 20, 2021

[SeekAndFind]

MORE LEFTIST TWEETS THAT PURPORT TO READ TED CRUZ's MIND

Nah, it’s probably true. “Mostly real” is what I would go with.

“Could be” works but isn’t strong enough; I want to really hit home with this news.

— More Like Sandwich (@ArmedfceSndwich) February 20, 2021

Are we sure CruzQ did not SAY it but not tweet it? Sure sounds like something that would come from him.

— Ellen McFarland (@efhmc1942) February 20, 2021

We don’t really put it past him to say that though

— Kai Michael (@Real_Kaimeha) February 20, 2021

You KNOW Cruz said this.

— LM (@tweetsclear) February 20, 2021

I choose to believe that it’s real, and there’s nothing you can about it.

— Sam Shark (@collisguy1) February 20, 2021

Still sounds like something he’d say

— Daisy (@Dcgirl3800) February 20, 2021

C’mon now, you’re going to defend Cajun Cruz? How disappointing.

— Zachkary (@Zachkary) February 20, 2021

The words may not be his, but his mind isn’t far from it.

— ᴀᴊᴀʏ ᴘʀᴀᴅʜᴀɴ 😷 (@ajayspradhan) February 20, 2021

While it may not be TRUE, it does sound like the kind of dumb thing he would say.

— Donald Judas Trump (@DonJudasTrump) February 20, 2021

Of course he tweeted it. He’s probably said it out loud

— Jan (@jan_hoc) February 20, 2021

To the left, it doesn’t matter if something isn’t true. If they still want to believe it, they will.

[Slyfox]

Didn’t the Good Lord say something about “believing the lie”?

[palmer]

To the left, it doesn’t matter if something isn’t true. If they still want to believe it, they will.

That includes the stupid idea that "climate changes" due to manmade CO2. The climate changes, but right now mostly in a good direction. The snow and freezes in the 19th century will never again occur in Texas. It is warmer now, thanks to the ending of the Little Ice Age.

[exDemMom]

The snow and freezes in the 19th century will never again occur in Texas.

Ah... you weren't in Texas this week, were you?

I decided to move to Texas to escape Maryland winters. And now I'm afraid that I didn't escape anything at all. I keep thinking that snowy winter weather may become the norm in Texas.

I heard on the radio last night a discussion of the power grid situation in Texas. They used the last snowstorm in Texas as a comparison; the grid performed fine last time but almost completely failed this time. That previous storm was in Feb 2011... and I was in Texas that time, too.

Obviously, the weather is my fault. It followed me from Maryland, both times.

[cockroach_magoo]

Many Leftists... perhaps most... possibly even all... think they can read minds, and they often admit as much.

(Operating on the basis that you can read minds is more convenient than confronting the reality that your worldview is inconsistent with what others say and do.)

[Vaquero]

I froze my butt off in 1975 in south central Texas in an I10 rest area sleeping in my van next to big rigs. Couldn’t get out of my sleeping bag it was so cold and I used to winter camp. Texas can get friggin cold.

Finally dug out my Coleman stove and fired it up for a few minutes so I could get out of my sleeping bag and get the van started. I decided to start my drive at 3AM rather than 6 AM.

[Bratch]

Truth is irrelevant.

All that matters is the narrative.

[ifinnegan]

It makes no sense anyhow, but neither does global warming/climate change pseudoscience.

What is happening is the Ministry of Truth is going after Cruz and Abbott. Now that they think they vanquished Trump.

[Hambone 1934]

EXACTLY...If the left want to believe it,it’s truth to them...Don;t show me any facts.I have my narrative

[ifinnegan]

“I decided to move to Texas to escape Maryland winters. And now I’m afraid that I didn’t escape anything at all. I keep thinking that snowy winter weather may become the norm in Texas.”

Why?

[FreedomPoster]

TX has twice as much wind generation in the mix, and a lot less coal, than it did ten years ago.

But this had nothing to do with the grid problems whatsoever.

[yuleeyahoo]

You KNOW Cruz said this.

Is there any wonder why these people fall for the same Democrat Party line year after year?

[stevem]

For the last 3 years, my manager told me I wasn't allowed to retire. Several months ago, she told one of my team members that I would retire when hell freezes over.

I retired last Monday. It was the coldest day in my town since the late 1990s. The thermometer said 31 below when I left for work my last day.

Of course, no one ever tweeted any of this.

[SES1066]

I have always believed that the LEFT’s anthem is Babs Streisand’s golden oldie “Feelings”! Logic takes second or worse place to what they feel!

[lowbridge]

Bump

[BenLurkin]

“Still sounds like something he’d say”?

Based on what?

[Alas Babylon!]

Morris Albert did Feelings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyBcHUe4WeQ

At least the # 1 of it that went on far too long in the charts.

[mosesdapoet]

This is why they’re doing this
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3936608/posts

[exDemMom]

On this, there is no rational observation and I have no data.

It’s just a fear induced by the fact that when I lived in TX ten years ago, there was a snow storm. And when I lived here briefly in the 1980s, there was also a (minor) snow storm.

The logical me says that snow storms can happen almost anywhere in the continental US, but are rarer in the South. I just happen to be unlucky, I guess, in that one of those rare snow storms has hit every time I’ve lived in TX. Oh, and I managed to be living in Florida when there was a severe cold snap (but no snow).