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Mostly True
0% 320 Checks
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stated on August 5, 2025 in a press conference:
Texas Republicans held one hearing on flood response but eight hearings on redistricting
Half-True
August 6, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on July 12, 2025 in una publicación en TikTok:
El sheriff del condado Kerr, Texas dijo, “que se debe solicitar la residencia permanente para el equipo de rescate mexicano que rescató a su familia”.
False
July 16, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on July 12, 2025 in an X post:
The Kerr County, Texas, sheriff “said he would apply for a green card for the Mexican rescue team that saved his family.”
False
July 14, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on July 6, 2025 in a TikTok video:
The Trump administration “has defunded not only the National Weather Service but also what’s known as NOAA.”
Mostly False
July 8, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on July 5, 2025 in posts on social media:
The Rainmaker Technology Corp.’s cloud seeding caused the July 4 flooding in Texas.
False
July 7, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on July 6, 2025 in una publicación en TikTok:
“Si dios fuera ilegal lo deportariamos palabras del gobernador de Texas”.
False
July 7, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on April 5, 2025 in a TikTok post:
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett says “she ‘simply forgot' to inform Social Security that her grandmother died in 2012 … She’s been collecting $2,600 a month for 13 years.”
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • April 14, 2025
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on February 25, 2025 in a Threads post:
“The Texas measles outbreak is pure propaganda” because media outlets used stock images.
Pants on Fire!
February 28, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 19, 2025 in a Facebook post:
A measles outbreak in Gaines County, Texas, was caused by “a public health initiative” to “distribute free measles vaccines.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • February 28, 2025
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on January 2, 2025 in a Threads post:
“Mark Cuban shifts company from Texas to California: ‘Can’t operate in red states.’”
False
January 8, 2025
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