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“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 in Cruz’s defense. He added that what PolitiFact put out was not a “fact check,” but “leftist propaganda.”
“Absolutely nothing was rigged by Republicans. Presidents nominate judges. The Senate gives or withholds advice and consent. Those are the rules and Republicans followed them,” Cruz spokesman Steve Guest told PolitiFact.
Other critics on social media came to Cruz’s defense to note that all he and Republicans did was fill seats, not add them as Democrats have been discussing.
HUFFPOST SLAMMED AS ‘PROPAGANDA,’ ‘STUPID LIARS’ FOR CLAIMING REPUBLICANS ‘ENGAGED IN COURT PACKING’
Democrats have begun to make congressional moves to expand the Supreme Court in recent weeks. On April 15, legislators led by Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., announced the Judiciary Act of 2021, which calls for expanding it from nine to 13 justices.
President Biden recently launched a commission to study reforms to the Court, including possible recommendations of expansion. The current size of the court was set by the Judiciary Act of 1869.
Liberal lawmakers have increased their calls for expanding the Supreme Court since former President Donald Trump had all three of his nominations confirmed: Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett. Those confirmations gave the court its current 6-3 conservative majority.
