Latest Fact-Checks By Emma Hinchliffe

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Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on June 17, 2016 in comments at Texas Democratic Party convention:
"Today California is kicking our butt, creating more jobs and more economic growth than Texas."
True
By Emma Hinchliffe, W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 28, 2016 in a campaign email:
"The Obama administration has even joined Islamist governments in sponsoring a U.N. resolution that would shred our First Amendment by threatening to make discussion of radical Islamism potentially illegal."  
Pants on Fire!
By Emma Hinchliffe • May 9, 2016
Sylvester Turner
Sylvester Turner
stated on March 4, 2016 in a ceremony to introduce new local transit authority chairman:
"We have been focusing so much, especially the Texas Department of Transportation, on that 97 percent of people in single-occupancy vehicles."
False
By Emma Hinchliffe • May 6, 2016
Gina Hinojosa
Gina Hinojosa
stated on February 26, 2016 in a campaign mailer:
"Texas has a higher incarceration rate than Russia or Iran."
Mostly True
By Emma Hinchliffe • March 23, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 21, 2015 in a TV ad that ran mostly in Iowa:
Says Donald Trump and Marco Rubio opposed Cruz’s "efforts to defund Planned Parenthood."
Mostly False
By Emma Hinchliffe • March 16, 2016
Ken Paxton
Ken Paxton
stated on February 5, 2016 in press release:
"Statistics show 2 to 3 Texas women per week have major complications and 10 women per week seek help at an ER after an abortion."  
False
By Emma Hinchliffe • March 4, 2016
Stephanie Schriock
Stephanie Schriock
stated on February 1, 2016 in as quoted by the Texas Tribune:
"Texas is home to millions of Latinas, but the state has never elected a Latina to Congress."
True
By Emma Hinchliffe • February 29, 2016
Adrian Garcia
Adrian Garcia
stated on February 5, 2016 in a campaign news release:
"Gene Green is the NRA’s favorite Democrat in Congress. ... "It’s no wonder the congressman has a lifetime A rating from the NRA."  
Mostly False
By Emma Hinchliffe • February 5, 2016
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on December 28, 2015 in remarks at a Florida campaign stop:
"In Houston, Texas, today, there are no homeless veterans."  
Mostly False
By Emma Hinchliffe • January 15, 2016
Cecile Richards
Cecile Richards
stated on December 15, 2015 in an interview by actress Lena Dunham:
"More than 60 percent of people in America support Planned Parenthood and only 11 percent approve of Congress."
Mostly True
By Emma Hinchliffe • January 2, 2016
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on November 12, 2015 in an interview with the Texas Tribune's Evan Smith:
"If we pass immigration reform, it will make wages go up on average $250 for the average household."  
Mostly False
By Emma Hinchliffe • November 20, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on October 14, 2015 in an interview on Fox News:
The "Democratic Party is getting smaller and smaller and smaller."
Mostly False
By Emma Hinchliffe • November 15, 2015