Fact-checking Greg Abbott’s ‘Promises Kept’ TV ad

Greg Abbott, the Republican seeking re-election as governor of Texas, says in a new TV ad that he’s kept his promises.

The state’s economy is robust, Abbott suggests in the ad, unemployment is down and, he says, schools are thriving with the state enjoying its best-ever high-school graduation rates.

For now, we’re running his claim about record high-school graduation rates to the PolitiFact Truth-O-Meter.

Watch Abbott’s ad above or here.

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