Ted Cruz

4 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 4 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jan 8, 2021 by David Sacks · said 52 times in 23 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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brought up most by Jason Calacanis (19), Chamath Palihapitiya (12), Senator Ted Cruz (4), Donald J. Trump (4), David Friedberg (4), Matt Taibbi (3), David Sacks (2), Michael Kratsios (1)

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Everything said about Ted Cruz, oldest first

Jan 8, 2021 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks: Opposing 2020 electors will ultimately hurt Hawley and Cruz politically
“I think it's gonna hurt. Ultimately, they tried to do something optionistic that they thought would help them politically, and I think it's gonna hurt them.”
David Sacks Jan 8, 2021 ▶ 54:28 E16: Reflecting on the riots at the US Capitol, plus: Georgia runoffs, vaccine distribution & more
Jan 8, 2021 negative
Opinion
Chamath says Trump, Hawley, and Cruz are culpable for Capitol riot
“I feel like the culpability has to go all the way back to Trump, to Hawley, to Cruz. These guys are the, those are the real scumbags in all of this.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jan 8, 2021 ▶ 15:29 E16: Reflecting on the riots at the US Capitol, plus: Georgia runoffs, vaccine distribution & more
Jan 11, 2021 negative
Opinion
Chamath: Donald Trump and key allies are solely responsible for Jan 6
“And at the end of the day, there was, in my opinion, one singular person to blame, Donald Trump, and then a handful of people who were his accomplices. Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz, Rudy Giuliani.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jan 11, 2021 ▶ 1:14:37 E17: Big Tech bans Trump, ramifications for the First Amendment & the open Internet
Aug 24, 2026 negative
Assertion Contradicted
Kratsios: 25% of Biden-Era NSF Grants Went to DEI Initiatives
“Senator Ted Cruz and the committee on at, on, in the Senate did an analysis of the grants that were given during the Biden administration. And they found that roughly one quarter Where, 25% of grants at NSF during that time period went towards DEI-related quot…”
Michael Kratsios Aug 24, 2026 ▶ 7:27 Inside Trump's Science Agenda: Anti-Science Claims, Fauci's Damage, DEI & China w/ Michael Kratsios
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