I’ll believe in climate change when Texas freezes over

https://checkyourfact.com/2021/02/1...et-believe-climate-change-texas-freezes-over/
Verdict: False
FACT CHECK: DID TED CRUZ TWEET, ‘I’LL BELIEVE IN CLIMATE CHANGE WHEN TEXAS FREEZES OVER’?
8:37 PM 02/19/2021Brad Sylvester | Fact Check Reporter

An image shared on Facebook over 1,000 times claims to show a tweet from Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz that reads, “I’ll believe in climate change when Texas freezes over.”



Verdict: False

There is no record of Cruz sending or deleting the tweet. It appears to have been fabricated.




Fact Check:

Some social media users have been sharing a screen grab of what appears to be a Sept. 8, 2016 tweet from Cruz regarding his views on climate change: “I’ll believe in climate change when Texas freezes over.” This week, a winter storm left millions in Texas without water and electricity.

Cruz has expressed skepticism about anthropogenic climate change in the past. In a 2019 interview with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes, Cruz said that data on whether carbon emissions warm the earth is “mixed.” He also argued during a 2015 interview with NPR that the “scientific evidence doesn’t support global warming,” a statement the host pushed back on.


The tweet, however, appears to have been fabricated. Check Your Fact searched both of Cruz’s verified Twitter accounts – @tedcruz and @SenTedCruz – but found no matches. It also does not appear in ProPublica’s archive of his deleted tweets dating back to 2012 or in archived screen grabs of his Twitter account from 2016.

Some iterations of the post shared on social media include a “satire” label, further adding to the tweet’s dubiousness. (RELATED: Does This Photo Show A Helicopter Spraying De-Icer Made From Fossil Fuels On A Texas Wind Turbine In 2021?)


Cruz has faced criticism for flying to Cancun, Mexico, with his family on Wednesday as Texans continued to deal with the effects of the winter storm, according to CNN. He returned the next day and told reporters that the trip “was obviously a mistake” and said in an earlier statement that he was trying to be a “good dad,” the outlet reported.
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LOL. You and ‘Dr’ Reza Asshole need to step on your own personal land mines.
MSM strikes again.
Stupid Libs love being lied to...
 
PintoFire said:
Seriously how do you plan on stopping "climate change." You going to stop people and companies from polluting. Good luck.
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It's a simple process...

When places continue getting unusual weather conditions that cause billions of dollars in destruction and cost their economy hundreds of million dollars...

The people will rise up from the rubble and demand change after each natural disaster. It starts with the people first. If those they voted for do not listen...the politicians eventually will lose their jobs and the people find someone else that will do the minimum...get them better prepare for the next unusual weather event.

That's the one thing about Climate Change...it gives warnings that cost you millions - billions of dollars so that you'll be better prepare the next time.

Texas got their warning...lets see if they will listen.

wrbtrader
 
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