Ted Cruz falsely claims Democrats' voting bill is intended to register millions of undocumented immigrants

Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz claimed Tuesday that Democrats have intentionally "designed" their sweeping elections bill so that millions of undocumented immigrants would be registered to vote.

Cruz said at a Senate Rules Committee meeting that the Democratic bill that proposes major changes to voting, campaign finance and government ethics rules, known as the For the People Act, "directs" people "to break the law and register millions of people to vote who are not eligible to vote because they are not United States citizens." Cruz said the bill "would register...