Latest Fact Checks By W. Gardner Selby

Ted Cruz says Iran annually has Death to America holiday

By W. Gardner Selby

March 13, 2015

"Here, we have Thanksgiving, we have Christmas, we have the 4th of July. Every year in Iran, they celebrate Death to America day."

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George P. Bush says a majority of “our students” trapped in underperforming schools

By W. Gardner Selby

March 12, 2015

A "majority of our students are trapped in" underperforming schools.

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Dan Patrick errs, saying Texas will end fiscal year with more reserves than other states combined

By W. Gardner Selby

March 5, 2015

Texas this fiscal year will "have more money in reserve than the other 49 states combined."

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Rick Perry says in presidential field, he’s sole individual to have served in military

By Alex Wilts , W. Gardner Selby

March 4, 2015

"At this particular point in time, looking at the field, there’s only one individual that’s ever had the uniform of his country on—and that’s me."

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Already this year, Greg Abbott says, over 20,000 immigrants caught after crossing border into U.S.

By W. Gardner Selby

March 3, 2015

"Already this calendar year, since January 1, we have had more than 20,000 people come across the border, apprehended, unauthorized."

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Texas Democrats say Rick Perry left more than 1 million Texans without affordable health care

By W. Gardner Selby

March 1, 2015

More than 1 million Texans live without affordable health care because Rick Perry failed to "partner with the Legislature to find a Texas solution to…

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Facebook meme quotes Sheila Jackson Lee saying ‘wrinkly… has-beens’ should die

By W. Gardner Selby

February 24, 2015

Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas said: ‘Hey, all you wrinkly, white-aged has-beens: It’s time for you to die and let the next generation have your…

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Greg Abbott says 22 times Barack Obama said he couldn’t shield immigrants, then said ‘I changed law’

By W. Gardner Selby

February 23, 2015

"22 times Barack Obama said he did not have the authority to implement this type of" anti-deportation "measure. And then the day after he signed…

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Greg Abbott says Texas shockingly has more state workers per capita than California, Illinois

By W. Gardner Selby

February 20, 2015

"Texas has more full-time state employees per capita than California and Illinois."

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Lloyd Doggett says Homeland Security only federal agency not funded through 2015 fiscal year

By W. Gardner Selby

February 18, 2015

The Department of Homeland Security is "the only federal department not funded for this entire fiscal year" by Congress.

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Rick Perry says Texas vaccination rate rose from 65 percent to 95 percent on his watch as governor

By W. Gardner Selby

February 12, 2015

"When I came into office, our vaccination rate in Texas was 65 percent. When I left two weeks ago, it was 95 percent."

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Florida’s Alcee Hastings says “crazy” Texas has law forbidding bear-shooting from second floor

By W. Gardner Selby

February 12, 2015

A Texas law says "that you can’t shoot bears out of the second floor of a window."

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