Latest Fact-Checks In Texas

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stated on July 6, 2025 a TikTok video
The Trump administration “has defunded not only the National Weather Service but also what’s known as NOAA.”
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By Amy Sherman, Ella Moore, Louis Jacobson • July 8, 2025
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on June 30, 2024 an interview
“(Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro) Mayorkas said, ‘Hey you don’t have to detain aggravated felons,’ those are rapists, child predators, you know, murderers.”
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By Maria Ramirez Uribe • July 11, 2024
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on May 17, 2023 a speech at the Hudson Institute
Barack Obama said that Iran has a “right” to nuclear technology, including weapons.
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By Sarah Bahari • June 13, 2023
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on May 7, 2023 a tweet
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott “cut $211 million in mental health funding.”
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By Amy Sherman, Sarah Bahari • May 9, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 2, 2022 a Facebook post
In Texas, a person can register a dead relative to vote and then cast a mail ballot in their name.
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By Amy Sherman • October 17, 2022
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 31, 2022 a campaign event
Three court rulings since May 2022 “have made it clear that it is unconstitutional to ban someone between the ages of 18 and 20 from being able to buy an AR.”
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By Nusaiba Mizan • September 21, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 14, 2022 a Facebook post
"FEC charges (Beto O'Rourke's 2018 campaign) Illegal Campaign Contributions."
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By Nusaiba Mizan • September 8, 2022
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Facebook posts
stated on August 11, 2022 Facebook post
“With the combined salary of the 87,000 new IRS Agents ($81,456 average annual salary), you could put a police officer ($55,117) in every public school in the nation (97,568) and still have 31,007 police officers or $1,709,012,819 left over.”
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September 8, 2022
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on May 29, 2022 a tweet
"38,000 Texans had their license to carry denied, revoked, or suspended over the last five years because law enforcement deemed them too dangerous to carry a loaded gun in public. But thanks to Greg Abbott's new law, they don't need a license to carry anymore."
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By Nusaiba Mizan • July 21, 2022
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on May 25, 2022 a press conference
"We need to realize that people who think that ‘well, maybe if we could just implement tougher gun laws, it’s going to solve it,’ Chicago and LA and New York disprove that thesis."
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By Analisa Trofimuk • June 3, 2022
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on May 12, 2022 a press release
Says the Biden administration is choosing to send baby formula to the border as one of its “out-of-touch priorities.”
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By Madison Czopek • May 13, 2022
Don Huffines
Don Huffines
stated on February 12, 2022 an ad
“Under Greg Abbott’s leadership, Texas is putting taxpayer dollars into Chinese companies.”
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February 24, 2022
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Facebook posts
stated on September 20, 2021 a Facebook post
Haitian migrants took an implausible route to Texas-Mexico border area.
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By Amy Sherman • September 23, 2021
Ken Paxton
Ken Paxton
stated on August 7, 2021 an interview
The Biden administration is “not even testing these people” being released by Border Patrol into the U.S.
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By Brandon Mulder • August 13, 2021
X posts
X posts
stated on May 30, 2021 a Twitter post
“Police budgets are at their highest they've ever been, there hasn’t actually been any defunding the police.”
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June 18, 2021
Institute for Energy Research
Institute for Energy Research
stated on April 16, 2021 an article
“Conventional generators are very thin right now because Texas has gone to so many renewables.”
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By Brandon Mulder • May 10, 2021
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on March 3, 2021 a tweet
“The Biden Administration is recklessly releasing hundreds of illegal immigrants who have COVID into Texas communities.”
Mostly False
By Brandon Mulder • March 11, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 17, 2021 a Facebook post
“Monticello power plant just outside of Pittsburg TX has been closed since 2018 because of renewable energy.”
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February 23, 2021
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 9, 2021 a tweet
Said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her allies “blocked a resolution condemning anti-Semitism — which I passed unanimously in the Senate.”
Mostly False
By Landon Allison, Julia Schneider • February 18, 2021
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on October 1, 2020 a tweet
Says “Property crime rising in Austin. This is the kind of thing that happens when cities defund and deemphasize police. Residents are left to fend for themselves.”
Mostly False
By Brandon Mulder • October 9, 2020
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