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   He must have received a call from Trump.   
      
   This is the same foreigner who called Jan 6 a terrorist attack.   
      
   The internet has reacted!   
      
      
   Senator Ted Cruz has sparked backlash for his social media post in which   
   he called the car wreck at a U.S.-Canada border crossing a "terrorist   
   attack" after initial reports were deemed misleading.   
      
   On Wednesday, two people were killed after a car exploded near the Rainbow   
   Bridge, a border crossing between Ontario and New York state, near Niagara   
   Falls. Officials said that the crash victims were both in the vehicle,   
   which witnesses said was "flying" through the air near a U.S. security   
   checkpoint before bursting into flames.   
      
   A handful of media outlets had initially reported that the incident was a   
   terrorist attack, which appeared to begin with a report by Fox News that   
   said "high-level police sources" told the outlet that the crash was "an   
   attempted terrorist attack." The report was quickly spread by prominent   
   commentators and politicians, although officials later dismissed the   
   theory, including New York Governor Kathy Hochul, who said in a statement   
   Wednesday evening, "At this time, there is no indication of a terrorist   
   attack."   
   Cruz Claim About 'Terrorist Attack' SparkOutrage   
   Senator Ted Cruz speaks at a press conference about the southern border at   
   the U.S. Capitol on October 31, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Cruz's social   
   media post on the explosion at a U.S.-Canada border crossing has sparked   
   backlash. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images   
      
   One of the figures who spread Fox News' report was Cruz, a Republican   
   senator from Texas, who reposted to his personal account on X, formerly   
   Twitter, a report by conservative commentator Benny Johnson about the   
   alleged "attempted terrorist attack."   
      
   "This confirms our worst fear: the explosion at Rainbow Bridge was a   
   terrorist attack. Both attackers are dead, and one law enforcement officer   
   is injured," read Cruz's post. "I am praying that officer makes a full   
   recovery and is able to spend Thanksgiving surrounded by family and loved   
   ones."   
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   Cruz's post was later criticized by Democrats, who bashed the GOP senator   
   for keeping his post up even after Fox News' report was found to be false.   
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   Newsweek reached out to Cruz's office via email for comment Thursday   
   evening.   
      
   "Ted Cruz refuses to delete this long debunked notion that the Rainbow   
   Bridge incident was a terrorist attack," wrote X user Brooklyn Dad   
   Defiant, an avid supporter of President Joe Biden. "What can we expect   
   from the guy who let trump diss his wife and his father before bending the   
   knee. Pathetic."   
      
   "Ted Cruz tells us it's too soon to talk about the causes of gun violence   
   in the aftermath of every mass shooting tragedy, but he didn't hesitate to   
   rashly and wrongly tweet that America was under attack by terrorists   
   earlier today," said Shannon Watts, gun violence prevention activist and   
   founder of the group Moms Demand Action. "And his tweet is still up 11   
   hours later."   
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   Former NBCUniversal Producer Mike Sington also shared a screenshot of   
   Cruz's post, calling the senator's comments "irresponsible."   
      
   "Ted Cruz, a United States Senator, declares a terrorist attack, when   
   there was no terrorist attack," Sington wrote on X.   
      
   Lindy Li, political commentator and delegate to Biden, also criticized   
   Cruz on X for his prominent role in spreading former President Donald   
   Trump's baseless claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Cruz was one of   
   the leading Republicans calling for investigations into claims of voter   
   fraud after Trump lost to Biden.   
      
   "Ted Cruz falsely claimed the Rainbow Bridge accident was a terrorist   
   attack," Li wrote to X. "And that the attack on Pelosi was a gay lovers   
   tryst. And that the election was stolen. And that doors can stop   
   massacres."   
      
   "Explain it like I'm 5 cuz I don't get it," she continued. "Why is this   
   douchebag still a Senator?"   
      
   As of Thursday evening, Cruz's post about the incident on Rainbow Bridge   
   was still online. Users on X also added context to the post through the   
   platform's Community Notes feature, which pointed to a report by ABC News   
   that rebuffed claims of the explosion being linked to terrorism.   
      
   "This was not a terrorist attack," read the Community Notes. "It is being   
   investigated as a traffic incident. This was known at the time this X post   
   was sent."   
      
   The senator posted at 2:20 p.m. Wednesday. Confirmation that the incident   
   at Rainbow Bridge was not a terrorist threat was first made by officials   
   Wednesday evening. Fox News also later changed its reporting, saying that   
   one of its reporters "was told by sources that the explosion was so big   
   and fierce, that authorities first thought it was a terrorist attack."   
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