Fact Check Posts – Page 13

Half True: Dan Patrick on Martin Luther King saying lives start to ‘end the day we become silent’

By W. Gardner Selby

January 6, 2017

"Martin Luther King said our lives begin to end the day we become silent on things that matter."

Lloyd Doggett says by federal law, universities don’t check immigration status of students

By W. Gardner Selby

December 28, 2016

"Our university campuses by federal law do not check the immigration status of their students just as our public schools don’t."

False: Greg Abbott’s claim that arms treaty could give U.N. authority to police guns

By W. Gardner Selby

December 22, 2016

Says an arms control treaty supported by Barack Obama "could give the U.N. some authority to regulate guns."

News-entertainment service incorrectly says Texas killed Medicaid program ’emboldened’ by 2016 elex

By W. Gardner Selby

December 21, 2016

"Emboldened by election, Texas Republicans kill Medicaid funding for kids with disabilities."

Kirk Watson says average Austin homeowner pays $1,300 to $1,400 that goes to other school districts

By W. Gardner Selby

December 16, 2016

"In Austin, Texas, the average homeowner is paying about $1,300 to $1,400 just for recapture," meaning funds spent in non-Austin school districts.

Mostly False: Roger Williams’ claim that a lot of trucks not inspected crossing U.S.-Mexico border

By W. Gardner Selby

December 5, 2016

"NAFTA allows a lot of trucks from Mexico, for example, to leave there and ... drive straight through without even being inspected."

Tax Foundation chart property taxes by state in 2013

Dan Patrick mostly right Texans pay nation’s sixth-highest property taxes

By W. Gardner Selby

December 1, 2016

"Texans pay the sixth-highest property tax in the nation."

James Quintero says salmonella and other illnesses spiked after San Francisco banned plastic bags

By W. Gardner Selby

November 23, 2016

Says that when San Francisco banned plastic grocery bags, "you saw the number of instances of people going to the ER with things like salmonella…

Donna Howard says 31 percent of Texas school districts getting less per student than in 2011

By W. Gardner Selby

November 16, 2016

"Thirty-one percent of school districts are still receiving less funding per pupil than they did prior to the dramatic budget cuts of 2011."

Lamar Smith ‘first member of Congress to contribute to Donald Trump’

By W. Gardner Selby

November 11, 2016

"I was the first member of Congress to contribute to Donald Trump."

Todd Starnes says University of Texas students advised not to wear cowboy boots, hats on Halloween

By W. Gardner Selby

November 3, 2016

"Students at the University of Texas in Austin have been advised not to wear cowboy boots or cowboy hats on Halloween."

Incorrect ABOR mailer on Gerald Daugherty

Austin Realtors group incorrect saying Gerald Daugherty endorsed by Austin American-Statesman

By W. Gardner Selby

November 1, 2016

Says Gerald Daugherty is endorsed by the Austin American-Statesman.

Latest Fact Checks By W. Gardner Selby

Half True: Dan Patrick on Martin Luther King saying lives start to ‘end the day we become silent’

Lloyd Doggett says by federal law, universities don’t check immigration status of students

False: Greg Abbott’s claim that arms treaty could give U.N. authority to police guns

News-entertainment service incorrectly says Texas killed Medicaid program ’emboldened’ by 2016 elex

Kirk Watson says average Austin homeowner pays $1,300 to $1,400 that goes to other school districts

Mostly False: Roger Williams’ claim that a lot of trucks not inspected crossing U.S.-Mexico border

Dan Patrick mostly right Texans pay nation’s sixth-highest property taxes

James Quintero says salmonella and other illnesses spiked after San Francisco banned plastic bags

Donna Howard says 31 percent of Texas school districts getting less per student than in 2011

Lamar Smith ‘first member of Congress to contribute to Donald Trump’

Todd Starnes says University of Texas students advised not to wear cowboy boots, hats on Halloween

Austin Realtors group incorrect saying Gerald Daugherty endorsed by Austin American-Statesman