Ted Cruz actually said...

"In my view, whenever Congress acts in the area of political speech, the touchstone for everything we do should be the First Amendment to the Constitution."

"I think that the public should be particularly skeptical when you have elected politicians of either party enacting rules limiting the ability of public citizens to criticize the behavior of their ele..."

"I think there is none more central to the core purposes of the First Amendment than political speech, than the ability of every American to speak up and express his or her views on the direction of th..."

"But I am here to tell you that our primary purpose is to ensure that our campaign contribution limits are robustly enforced."