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Latest Fact-Checks On Greg Abbott

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Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on September 7, 2021 in a press conference:
The Texas abortion law “provides at least six weeks for a person to be able to get an abortion.”
False
By Amy Sherman • September 9, 2021
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on June 16, 2021 in a press conference:
“Carnage" is being caused "by people who are coming across the border."
False
By Brandon Mulder • July 2, 2021
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on April 11, 2021 in an interview:
Texas “could be very close to herd immunity.”
False
By Brandon Mulder • April 19, 2021
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 16, 2021 in an interview:
"Our wind and our solar got shut down ... and that thrust Texas into this situation where it was lacking power at a statewide basis.”
False
By Brandon Mulder • February 19, 2021
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on January 24, 2021 in a tweet:
“Innocent lives will be saved” by ending taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood.
False
By Brandon Mulder • February 12, 2021
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 19, 2020 in a press conference:
Says that shutdowns are “ineffective” and that we now know that COVID-19 is not commonly spread “by someone going to work.”
False
By Brandon Mulder • November 27, 2020
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on January 7, 2020 in a press gaggle:
The city of Austin has "removed, seemingly, any legal consequences to the actions where the homeless lie, sleep, where they defecate."
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • January 24, 2020
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 7, 2018 in 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
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 15, 2017 in a video ad posted on his campaign website:
"The Texas unemployment rate is now the lowest it’s been in 40 years & Texas led the nation last month in new job creation."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 16, 2017
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 1, 2017 in a tweet:
Says Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones told players: "Stand for the Anthem or you’re off team."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 2, 2017
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 6, 2017 in a tweet:
Says Travis County’s sheriff refuses to enforce 8 USC 1373.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 1, 2017
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on December 13, 2016 in a tweet:
Says an arms control treaty supported by Barack Obama "could give the U.N. some authority to regulate guns."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 22, 2016
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on October 28, 2015 in a tweet:
"Texas #2 in nation for new gun purchases, behind California."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 6, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on September 19, 2014 in a debate in the Rio Grande Valley.:
"I’ve been involved in prosecuting a terrorist member of ISIS."
False
By Dylan Baddour • October 3, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on July 16, 2010 in an interview with Fox News:
"More lives have been lost because of the war with the drug cartels in Juarez alone, just a few blocks from the United States of America, than have been lost in the war in Afghanistan."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 5, 2010