Texas News Fact Check: Ted Cruz Says Beto O’Rourke Described Police As ‘Modern-Day Jim Crow’ KWBU | By Texas Standard Published October 3, 2018 at 2:42 PM CDT Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 5:29 Montinique Monroe/KUT Sen. Ted Cruz (left) and Rep. Beto O'Rourke. Our weekly check-in with the Texas Truth-O-Meter.