Latest Fact Checks By W. Gardner Selby

Ken Paxton airs Mostly False claim about Texas shutting down world’s largest trafficking marketplace

By W. Gardner Selby

November 1, 2018

Says Ken Paxton "shut down the world’s largest human trafficking marketplace."

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Mostly False: Donald Trump claim that Beto O’Rourke voted to shield MS-13 members from deportation

By W. Gardner Selby

October 25, 2018

Says Beto O’Rourke "voted to shield MS-13 gang members from deportation."

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Beto O’Rourke says Ted Cruz has second-worst bipartisanship record of all senators in 25 years

By W. Gardner Selby

October 18, 2018

Says "only one other senator from either party over the last 25 years" has "a worse record on bipartisanship" than Ted Cruz.  

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Austin mayoral hopeful says 60 percent of Austin’s waterways deemed unsafe to swim

By W. Gardner Selby

October 16, 2018

Says 60 percent of Austin’s "waterways are found to be contaminated with fecal matter and deemed unsafe to swim."

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Beto O’Rourke says that in Texas, you can be ‘too gay’ to adopt a foster child

By W. Gardner Selby

October 4, 2018

Says that in Texas, "you can be too gay to adopt" a foster child "who needs a loving home."  

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Ted Cruz simplifies, saying Beto O’Rourke called police officers ‘modern-day Jim Crow’

By W. Gardner Selby

September 25, 2018

Says Beto O’Rourke described police as "modern-day Jim Crow."

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Beto O’Rourke says he didn’t try to leave DWI accident scene. Police cited witness saying otherwise.

By W. Gardner Selby

September 25, 2018

Says he "did not try to leave the scene of the accident" that led to his arrest for driving while intoxicated.

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PAC backing Ted Cruz falsely says Beto O’Rourke voted against body armor for border sheriffs

By W. Gardner Selby

September 13, 2018

Says Beto O’Rourke voted "against body armor for Texas sheriffs patrolling the border."  

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Ken Paxton draws on debunked figures, says ‘illegals’ committed 600,000 crimes in Texas since 2011

By W. Gardner Selby

September 7, 2018

Says Texas has "had over 600,000 crimes committed by illegals since 2011. Over 1,200 homicides."  

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Greg Abbott says Texas enjoying record high-school graduation rate

By W. Gardner Selby

September 7, 2018

Says Texas "high school graduation rates are at all-time highs."  

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Ted Cruz falsely says Beto O’Rourke said he was ‘grateful’ for U.S. flag burners

By W. Gardner Selby

September 5, 2018

Says Beto O’Rourke said he’s grateful that people are burning or desecrating the American flag.

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Ted Cruz says Beto O’Rourke voted against tax relief for Hurricane Harvey victims

By W. Gardner Selby

August 29, 2018

Says Beto O’Rourke "voted against" Hurricane Harvey "tax relief."

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