Rafael Cruz Baselessly Claims ‘Everything in Our Government Came Out of the Bible’

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Rafael Cruz Baselessly Claims ‘Everything in Our Government Came Out of the Bible’

In 2014, Right Wing Watch dubbed Rafael Cruz “the poor man’s David Barton” because the speeches he delivers are little more than a recycling of a variety of myths long promoted by Christian-nationalist pseudo-historian David Barton. Ten years later, Cruz, the father of Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, is still out on the Christian nationalist lecture circuit and he’s still spreading Barton-esque lies. Over the weekend, Cruz made an appearance at the 20…