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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 2, 2023 a Facebook post:
“Texas Republicans just voted to give a Republican appointee the power to single-handedly CANCEL election results in the state’s largest Democratic county.”
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By Amy Sherman • May 4, 2023
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on April 5, 2023 a tweet:
“Fentanyl is the leading cause of death for Americans 18-45.”
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By Aarón Torres • April 24, 2023
Morgan Luttrell
Morgan Luttrell
stated on January 10, 2023 a tweet:
"Energy costs are the highest in 15 years."
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By Nusaiba Mizan • February 16, 2023
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on June 27, 2022 an Instagram post:
"Under Abbott, Texas leads the nation in rape offenses while the rate of arrests for rape has fallen by nearly half."
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By Nusaiba Mizan • August 9, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on May 7, 2022 an Instagram post:
A Texas GOP lawmaker recently introduced a bill that would allow the death penalty for women who have an abortion.
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By Gabrielle Settles • June 28, 2022
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on May 25, 2022 remarks in Uvalde County, Texas:
Texas is "50th in the nation in mental health care access."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • May 25, 2022
Steve Kerr
Steve Kerr
stated on May 24, 2022 remarks to the media:
“90% of Americans, regardless of political party, want universal background checks.”
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By Amy Sherman • May 25, 2022
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on April 23, 2022 an Instagram post:
"Under Greg Abbott, property taxes have gone up $20 billion."
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By Nusaiba Mizan • May 19, 2022
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 3, 2022 a press conference:
"As compared to last year, Texas has about 15% more power generation capacity."
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By Nusaiba Mizan • April 4, 2022
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on November 19, 2021 a rally:
"Right now, in the average Texas fourth grade classroom, 7 out of 10 kids cannot read at grade level."
Mostly True
By Nusaiba Mizan • January 28, 2022
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on November 19, 2021 a rally:
"Expanding Medicaid, which if we had done at the beginning of the Abbott administration, would have brought in $100 billion to this state's economy."
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By Nusaiba Mizan • January 10, 2022
Colin Allred
Colin Allred
stated on October 25, 2021 in a TV interview:
"You've had over 2 million women drop out of the workforce during this pandemic."
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By Nusaiba Mizan • November 23, 2021
Don Huffines
Don Huffines
stated on May 10, 2021 campaign material:
"Texans have some of the highest property taxes in the nation”
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By Brandon Mulder • June 4, 2021
Jon Rosenthal
Jon Rosenthal
stated on January 5, 2021 a tweet:
Says that “the way to reach ‘herd immunity’ is for >70% of the population to get vaccinated.”
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By Brandon Mulder • January 15, 2021
Christi Craddick
Christi Craddick
stated on December 12, 2020 a tweet:
Says that the oil and gas industry comprises 35% of the Texas economy.
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By Brandon Mulder • December 22, 2020
Lyle Larson
Lyle Larson
stated on November 12, 2020 a tweet:
Says there’s “up to 75% reduction in opioid dosage for medical cannabis users.”
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By Brandon Mulder • November 20, 2020
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on June 22, 2020 a tweet:
Hays County in Central Texas has seen an “incredible 845% increase in (COVID-19) cases since June 7.”
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By Madlin Mekelburg • June 26, 2020
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on May 5, 2020 a press conference:
“Almost 75 percent of the deaths from COVID-19 in the state of Texas are a result of people contracting COVID-19 who are age 65 and older.”
Mostly True
By Taylor Goldenstein • May 21, 2020
Chip Roy
Chip Roy
stated on May 6, 2020 an interview:
Says Wisconsin has not had a spike in coronavirus cases that was “statistically significant related to the fact that they had voting.”
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • May 18, 2020
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on March 31, 2020 a briefing:
Says for the coronavirus, “the death rate in Texas, per capita of 29 million people, we're one of the lowest in the country."
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By Madlin Mekelburg • April 3, 2020
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