# Any truth to Ted Cruz' story about John Wayne and Jesse Helms?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 18, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-truth-to-ted-cruz-story-about-john-wayne-and-jesse-helms/669146 "2013-09-18T15:34:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-truth-to-ted-cruz-story-about-john-wayne-and-jesse-helms/669146/2 "2013-09-18T16:11:46Z")

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The factuality of the statement can still be addressed in the thread that was just moved to Great Debates. I don’t think we need an additional thread on the subject.

Colibri  
General Questions Moderator

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