Latest Fact-Checks By Meghan Ashford-Grooms

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Jeff Wentworth
Jeff Wentworth
stated on May 9, 2012 in a TV ad.:
Says he "restored prayer and the pledge in our schools."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby • May 25, 2012
John Bradley
John Bradley
stated on May 14, 2012 in an op-ed in the Austin American-Statesman:
Says Williamson County Attorney Jana Duty "has never prosecuted a single adult felony case."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 24, 2012
Ron Davis
Ron Davis
stated on March 1, 2012 in a campaign flier:
Says "over 40 percent of recent county bonds are for Precinct One, northeast Travis County," because he "is quick to identify projects that help make the East Side a desirable place to live."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 21, 2012
Brigid Shea
Brigid Shea
stated on May 7, 2012 in a campaign mailer.:
Says Lee Leffingwell "raised property taxes 20 percent in three years."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby • May 11, 2012
Brigid Shea
Brigid Shea
stated on April 16, 2012 in an Austin mayoral debate on KXAN-TV:
Says Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell voted for a toll lane on MoPac.
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 9, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on April 10, 2012 in a speech at Texas A&M University.:
"Just on Jan. 1 of this year, there were 40,000 new laws put on the books in one day."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 27, 2012
Donna Howard
Donna Howard
stated on March 24, 2012 in remarks at a Texas Capitol rally:
Says legislative cuts mean Texas is "spending on average $500 less per student."
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 26, 2012
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on April 13, 2012 in a Republican U.S. Senate debate:
Says that when adjusted for inflation and population growth, state general revenue spending has decreased 10.7 percent on his watch.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 20, 2012
Charlie Gonzalez
Charlie Gonzalez
stated on March 27, 2012 in a conference call:
Says that Mitt Romney, while he was in Arizona, said he believes the state’s SB 1070 immigration law should be the model for national immigration laws.
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 11, 2012
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on April 4, 2012 in an online video:
"6.4 million more Americans living in poverty under President Obama."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 10, 2012
Rosemary Lehmberg
Rosemary Lehmberg
stated on October 31, 2011 in campaign video:
Says she "created the first felony deferred prosecution program for nonviolent first-offenders" in Texas.
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 3, 2012
Elliott Naishtat
Elliott Naishtat
stated on March 5, 2012 in an op-ed column:
"Nearly 45 percent of the women who receive health screenings through (the Women’s Health Program) do so at a Planned Parenthood health center."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 24, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 15, 2012 in a tweet:
Says that in fiscal year 2010, "nearly 80 percent of women served" in the Texas Women’s Health Program received services from a provider other than a Planned Parenthood clinic.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 23, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 26, 2012 in an interview posted online by WFAA-TV in Dallas:
"A hundred percent of all the jobs lost during the recession have been reclaimed in Texas … while the nation is at about 36 percent."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 11, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on February 22, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Arizona:
Says he "did the very best" in a recent poll in Iowa matching up each of the major Republican presidential candidates against President Barack Obama.
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 2, 2012
Texas Democratic Party
Texas Democratic Party
stated on February 3, 2012 in a press release:
Says Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz "opposes the DREAM Act, which is supported by 85% of Latinos."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 21, 2012
Elizabeth Ames Jones
Elizabeth Ames Jones
stated on February 13, 2012 in a statement announcing her departure from the commission:
On resigning from the Texas Railroad Commission.
Full Flop
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 17, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 21, 2012 in remarks after winning the South Carolina Republican presidential primary:
Says a federal judge in San Antonio "issued a ruling that … not only could the students not pray at their graduation, if they used the word ‘benediction,’ the word ‘invocation,’ the word ‘God,’ asked the audience to stand or asked for a moment of silence, he would put the superintendent in jail."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 12, 2012
Susan Combs
Susan Combs
stated on December 6, 2011 in an interview:
Says she "wiped out" the state Agriculture Department’s inspections of eggs at retail sites like grocery stores.
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 3, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on January 16, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in South Carolina:
Says the U.S. federal income tax rate was 0 percent until 1913.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 31, 2012
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