Latest Fact Checks By Brandon Mulder

Wind subsidies aren’t ‘pushing out’ nuclear, natural gas investments

By Brandon Mulder

February 26, 2021

“Subsidizing investment in wind has pushed gas and nuclear out. Now we live with the consequences.”

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No, renewable energy didn’t ‘thrust’ Texas into statewide blackouts

By Brandon Mulder

February 19, 2021

"Our wind and our solar got shut down ... and that thrust Texas into this situation where it was lacking power at a statewide basis.”

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Medicaid not directly linked to abortions in Texas

By Brandon Mulder

February 12, 2021

“Innocent lives will be saved” by ending taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood.

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No, Harvey didn’t drop more water on Houston than flows over Niagara Falls in a year

By Brandon Mulder

February 5, 2021

Says that Hurricane Harvey “dropped more water on Houston in five days than goes over Niagara Falls in a year.”

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Texas congressman overstates job losses tied to ban on new drilling leases

By Brandon Mulder

January 29, 2021

Says that Biden’s ban on new federal leases will kill 120,000 Texas jobs.

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In attacking Paris accord, Texas oil regulator selectively cites economic numbers

By Brandon Mulder

January 21, 2021

Says that the Paris Climate Accord will cost the U.S. economy "6.5 million jobs and $3 trillion in economic growth by 2040."

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Examining how science determines COVID-19’s ‘herd immunity threshold’

By Brandon Mulder

January 15, 2021

Says that “the way to reach ‘herd immunity’ is for >70% of the population to get vaccinated.”

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Texas Attorney General advances antifa conspiracy theory after Capitol riot

By Brandon Mulder

January 8, 2021

Says that “those who stormed the capitol yesterday were not Trump supporters. They have been confirmed to be Antifa.”

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Examining Texas’ oil and gas industry amid pandemic

By Brandon Mulder

December 22, 2020

Says that the oil and gas industry comprises 35% of the Texas economy.

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Mask guidance for vaccinated people is based in science

By Brandon Mulder

December 18, 2020

Says that guidance urging vaccinated people to avoid travel and continue wearing masks is "profoundly anti-science."

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Examining Black history of the Texas Senate

By Brandon Mulder

December 11, 2020

Says that this year is the first time during his 27 years as senator “that two African Americans have ever served on the same (Senate)…

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Examining the effectiveness of Texas’ statewide shutdowns

By Brandon Mulder

November 27, 2020

Says that shutdowns are “ineffective” and that we now know that COVID-19 is not commonly spread “by someone going to work.”

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