Trump Reveals the One Person He Could Nominate to the Supreme Court Who Would Get All 100 Votes
Trump said he might nominate Cruz to the Supreme Court if he needed votes for confirmation.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYTownhall is a partisan opinion-oriented publisher, which lowers confidence in its institutional neutrality. The article identifies an author and attributes the central remarks to Trump, but provides little original reporting or independent verification.
- Source type — Opinion-oriented publisher with a partisan editorial profile.
- Editorial standards — The short item mostly repeats an attributed public remark and offers limited original reporting.
- Author attribution — A named author is identified.
- Transparency — The article attributes the key comments to Trump and references Townhall reporting for background.
The article attributes Trump's remarks and supplies brief context, but relies largely on the comments themselves and offers no response from Cruz or independent analysis of the hypothetical nomination.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The story is largely a report of Trump's remarks, with no response from Cruz or other perspective on the prospect of his nomination. Its limited scope makes the imbalance modest rather than wholly one-sided.
- Counterarguments presented — No contrasting view on a Cruz nomination is included.
- Source diversity — The central account relies on Trump's remarks.
- Opinion vs reporting — The piece is labeled opinion, though it primarily recounts an attributed statement.
- Loaded language — The headline is provocative, while the body mostly quotes the speaker.
The article mainly reports Trump's remark in straightforward language. The headline is attention-grabbing, but the body does not clearly advance a partisan argument.
- Language tone — The body uses mostly neutral, attributed language to describe Trump's comments.
- Framing — The item presents the remarks as a quip rather than as an imminent nomination.
- Headline — The headline uses a sensational framing, but does not establish a clear ideological position.
Donald Trump joked that he could nominate Sen. Ted Cruz to the Supreme Court and claimed Cruz would receive all 100 Senate votes. No nomination has been made.
Trump said Cruz would win support from both parties if nominated to the Supreme Court, adding that Democrats would back him because they want him out of the Senate. The article describes the comments as a quip and does not report an actual nomination.
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3 OUTLETSOutlets on the center and right agree that Trump said he could nominate Ted Cruz to the Supreme Court and claimed Cruz would get all 100 Senate votes. Left-leaning outlets focus on Trump's warning that a pro-democracy resolution would hurt Republicans and frame the issue around voting protections. Center outlets describe the Cruz remarks as hypothetical and note there is no current vacancy. Right-leaning outlets also treat the nomination as hypothetical, presenting Trump's all-100-votes claim as a quip.
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