claim: says "harry reid, when asked about the republican field, said the republican he likes the best is donald trump, and he said, because i can work with him. he'll cut deals."
author: ted cruz
evidence_1: all statements about harry reid. false. reid quickly made clear he was joking.  ted cruz · says "harry reid, when asked about the republican field, said the  republican he likes the best is donald trump, and he said, because i can work  with him. he'll cut deals." — politifact national on wednesday, march 2nd, 2016.
evidence_2: sep 7, 2017 ... president donald trump shocked republican leadership in an oval office  meeting wednesday when he backed a deal pushed by democrats to attach  hurricane relief money to a shorter-term bump in the debt ceiling as well as  keeping the government open.
evidence_3: politifact national on wednesday, march 23rd, 2016. false. reid quickly made  clear he was joking. ted cruz · says "harry reid, when asked about the  republican field, said the republican he likes the best is donald trump, and he  said, because i can work with him. he'll cut deals." — politifact national on  wednesday, ...
evidence_4: sep 7, 2017 ... "and i would note donald just a couple of days ago drew the difference between  me and him," he continued. "and he said, look, ted won't go along to get along.  he won't cut a deal. so if as a voter you think what we need is more republicans  in washington to cut a deal with harry reid and nancy pelosi ...
evidence_5: feb 22, 2016 ... you say you're angry that republicans won't fight, but you hail as a warrior the  same guy who says he'll happily “work with the democrats,” which ...  republicans for “cutting deals” and “compromising” in one breath, and in the very  next that they want trump because he's really good at cutting deals and ...