Ted Cruz actually said...

"Today was the most important decision Pres. Trump has made in the first two weeks serving in office."

"This election was in a very real sense referendum, a referendum for the American people. Do you want a constitutionalist who will have a limbed, a humble view of the judiciary or do you want a liberal..."

"There is no doubt that the Democrats are engaged right now in unprecedented partisan obstruction. But I hope when the Supreme Court they will not engage in that practice."

"During the campaign he promised the American people that he would nominate a principled constitutionalist to replace Justice Scalia and tonight Pres. Trump honored that commitment."