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Latest Fact-Checks By W. Gardner Selby

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Ken Paxton
Ken Paxton
stated on October 25, 2018 a TV ad
Says Ken Paxton "shut down the world’s largest human trafficking marketplace."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 1, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2018 a rally for Republican candidates in Houston
Says Beto O’Rourke "voted to shield MS-13 gang members from deportation."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 25, 2018
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on October 16, 2018 a debate televised from San Antonio
Says "only one other senator from either party over the last 25 years" has "a worse record on bipartisanship" than Ted Cruz.  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 18, 2018
Alexander Strenger
Alexander Strenger
stated on October 1, 2018 response cited in an interactive voter guide
Says 60 percent of Austin’s "waterways are found to be contaminated with fecal matter and deemed unsafe to swim."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 16, 2018
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on September 29, 2018 an Austin rally
Says that in Texas, "you can be too gay to adopt" a foster child "who needs a loving home."  
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 4, 2018
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on September 21, 2018 a debate at Southern Methodist University
Says Beto O’Rourke described police as "modern-day Jim Crow."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 25, 2018
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on September 21, 2018 a debate at Southern Methodist University
Says he "did not try to leave the scene of the accident" that led to his arrest for driving while intoxicated.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 25, 2018
Texans Are
Texans Are
stated on September 12, 2018 a TV ad
Says Beto O’Rourke voted "against body armor for Texas sheriffs patrolling the border."  
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 13, 2018
Ken Paxton
Ken Paxton
stated on August 26, 2018 an interview on Fox & Friends
Says Texas has "had over 600,000 crimes committed by illegals since 2011. Over 1,200 homicides."  
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • September 7, 2018
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 30, 2018 a TV ad
Says Texas "high school graduation rates are at all-time highs."  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 7, 2018
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on September 4, 2018 a video
Says Beto O’Rourke said he’s grateful that people are burning or desecrating the American flag.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 5, 2018
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on August 28, 2018 an online video ad
Says Beto O’Rourke "voted against" Hurricane Harvey "tax relief."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 29, 2018
M.J. Hegar
M.J. Hegar
stated on August 21, 2018 an interview on Spectrum Cable's "Capital Tonight"
Says U.S. Rep. John Carter "hasn’t held a town hall in five years."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 29, 2018
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on July 26, 2018 an ad in the Houston Defender
Says "black Americans have 10 times less wealth than white Americans."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 23, 2018
Silvestre Reyes
Silvestre Reyes
stated on May 22, 2012 a TV ad
Says Beto O’Rourke "has a criminal record that includes DWI and burglary arrests."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 22, 2018
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on March 6, 2018 an interview on HBO's "Real Time With Bill Maher"
"I don’t take a dime of PAC money."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 20, 2018
Donna Howard
Donna Howard
stated on July 18, 2018 a tweet
Says Texas charter schools "get 100% state $/pupil funding while district schools (95% students) get about 1/3 funding from state w/ rest coming from local prop taxes (which is why those taxes are so high). Districts getting less b/c scarce $ going to charters."    
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 15, 2018
Will Hurd
Will Hurd
stated on August 18, 2018 an interview with Hearst News
Says Democratic challenger Gina Ortiz Jones has raised "more money from Massachusetts than" from Texas.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • August 15, 2018
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 7, 2018 a since-deleted tweet
Says Winston Churchill said, "The fascists of the future will call themselves anti-fascists."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 7, 2018
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on August 3, 2018 a video ad made public by the Texas Tribune
Says Beto O’Rourke is "open to abolishing ICE."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 6, 2018
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