{"id":833356,"date":"2021-09-30T23:43:31","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T03:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=833356"},"modified":"2021-09-30T23:43:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T03:43:32","slug":"fact-check-did-ted-cruz-host-a-netflix-and-chill-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-ted-cruz-host-a-netflix-and-chill-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Ted Cruz Host A \u2018Netflix And Chill\u2019 Contest?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-ted-cruz-host-a-netflix-and-chill-contest%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=833356&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>An image&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tumblrfunnyside\/photos\/a.406131439857838\/1297153657422274\/?type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tumblrfunnyside\/photos\/a.406131439857838\/1297153657422274\/?type%3D3%26theater&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1633097903065000&amp;usg=AFQjCNExSuKhnBwlnzCQFIv4cJwuPQjVFw\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz hosted a \u201cNetflix and Chill\u201d contest during the 2016 presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence that Cruz hosted such a contest. A spokesperson for Cruz said the advertisement is a hoax.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cruz ran for the Republican Party\u2019s presidential nomination in 2016, ending his campaign in May 2016, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2016-election\/ted-cruz-ends-2016-presidential-campaign-n567366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NBC News<\/a>. Recently, social media users have been sharing an image allegedly showing Cruz\u2019s 2016 campaign website advertising a \u201cNetflix and Chill\u201d contest with the senator. \u201cNetflix and chill\u201d is a euphemism for casual sex, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/shortcuts\/2015\/sep\/29\/how-netflix-and-chill-became-code-for-casual-sex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, there is no evidence that Cruz ever advertised any such contest. Check Your Fact searched Cruz\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=Netflix%20(from%3ATedCruz)%20until%3A2016-12-31%20since%3A2015-04-01&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweets<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tedcruzpage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook posts<\/a> from 2015 and 2016 but found nothing about the alleged \u201cNetflix and Chill\u201d contest. The website design in the Facebook image also does not match archived screenshots of Cruz\u2019s campaign website from <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150401000000*\/https:\/\/www.tedcruz.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2015<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160901000000*\/https:\/\/www.tedcruz.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2016<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If the advertisement and contest were real, it would have garnered news coverage, yet the only Check Your Fact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/fact-check\/ted-cruz-netflix-and-chill-contest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">only<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chron.com\/politics\/article\/Ted-Cruz-contest-is-raising-eyebrows-6724447.phphttps:\/\/www.chron.com\/politics\/article\/Ted-Cruz-contest-is-raising-eyebrows-6724447.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">found<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/red-alert-politics\/cruz-campaign-hit-netflix-chill-hoax\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">articles<\/a> debunking it. Media outlets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/msnbc\/twist-the-shoot-with-ted-cruz-sweepstakes-msna612531\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> on Cruz\u2019s presidential campaign hosting a \u201cShoot with Cruz\u201d contest in June 2015 and launching a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/ted-cruz-campaign-launches-star-wars-contest-app\/story?id=35747424\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Star Wars contest<\/a>\u201d in December 2015 for people who used his campaign\u2019s app.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveGuest?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steve Guest<\/a>, a spokesperson for Cruz, told Check Your Fact the advertisement featured in the Facebook post is \u201cfalse\u201d and a \u201choax.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/02\/19\/fact-check-ted-cruz-tweet-believe-climate-change-texas-freezes-over\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did Ted Cruz Tweet, \u2018I\u2019ll Believe In Climate Change When Texas Freezes Over\u2019?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cruz did have a related mishap in 2017 when his verified senate Twitter account liked a pornographic tweet, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chron.com\/news\/nation-world\/article\/Ted-Cruz-likes-super-NSFW-Twitter-post-12190802.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Houston Chronicle<\/a>. The tweet was later unliked and reported to Twitter, the outlet noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image\u00a0shared on Facebook claims Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz hosted a \u201cNetflix and Chill\u201d contest during the 2016 presidential campaign.Verdict: False There is no evidence that Cruz hosted such &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-833356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=833356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=833356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=833356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=833356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}