Cruz picks up backing of Family Research Council presidentWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The leader of an influential Christian conservative lobbying group said on Tuesday he backs Senator Ted Cruz for the U.S. Republican presidential nomination. Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, said on Fox News: “I believe the one who is best positioned, best prepared to lead this nation forward, pulling it out of the tailspin that this president has put us in, I believe is Ted Cruz.” Cruz and billionaire businessman Donald Trump are locked in a tight Republican race in Iowa, which holds the first-in-the-nation nominating contest on Monday. Both Trump and Cruz have worked hard to pick up support from Christian conservatives.   (Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Sandra Maler) SAP is the sponsor of this coverage which is independently produced by the staff of Reuters News Agency.politicsNews
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Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Cruz picks up backing of Family Research Council presidentWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The leader of an influential Christian conservative lobbying group said on Tuesday he backs Senator Ted Cruz for the U.S. Republican presidential nomination. Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, said on Fox News: “I believe the one who is best positioned, best prepared to lead this nation forward, pulling it out of the tailspin that this president has put us in, I believe is Ted Cruz.” Cruz and billionaire businessman Donald Trump are locked in a tight Republican race in Iowa, which holds the first-in-the-nation nominating contest on Monday. Both Trump and Cruz have worked hard to pick up support from Christian conservatives.   (Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Sandra Maler) SAP is the sponsor of this coverage which is independently produced by the staff of Reuters News Agency.politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: cruz picks backing family research council presidentwashington reuters the leader influential christian conservative lobbying group said tuesday backs senator ted cruz republican presidential nomination tony perkins president family research council said fox news i believe one best positioned best prepared lead nation forward pulling tailspin president put us i believe ted cruz billionaire businessman donald trump locked tight republican race iowa holds nominating contest monday both trump cruz worked hard pick support christian conservatives reporting eric beech editing sandra male sap sponsor coverage independently produced staff reuters news