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Latest Fact-Checks On Greg Abbott

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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
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
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.”
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By Taylor Goldenstein • May 21, 2020
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on March 4, 2019 a press conference
"On a per capita basis, Irving-Las Colinas has more Fortune 500 companies than any city in the United States of America."
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By Madlin Mekelburg • March 9, 2019
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on June 27, 2018 a fundraising conference call with supporters
"In Houston, Texas, there are more brothels than there are Starbucks."
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By W. Gardner Selby • July 13, 2018
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on July 14, 2017 his speech kicking off his re-election campaign
"More Texans have jobs today than ever before in the history of our state."
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By W. Gardner Selby • August 3, 2017
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on January 31, 2017 his State-of-the-State address
"Midland, Texas, now beats the San Francisco area in the percentage of jobs created by startups."
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 24, 2017
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 30, 2016 a tweet
"If Texas were a country our economy would rank # 10...in the WORLD."  
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 15, 2016
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on October 19, 2015 op-ed in Austin American-Statesman
"Road congestion costs rush hour drivers in Austin and Dallas more than $1,000 a year. And in Houston, it’s even more -- almost $1,500 a year."
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By Fauzeya Rahman • November 24, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 17, 2015 an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News
"22 times Barack Obama said he did not have the authority to implement this type of" anti-deportation "measure. And then the day after he signed this into law, he said, quote, ‘I just changed the law.’"
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 23, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on September 19, 2014 a debate in the Rio Grande Valley.
"The FBI is involved in an investigation about people in the Rio Grande Valley who are using cocaine to buy votes."      
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 24, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on December 12, 2013 as quoted during a school visit
Says 85 percent of IDEA charter-school students come from low-income families and about 99 percent of its graduates go to college.
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 5, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on October 13, 2010 a campaign television ad
Says he's arrested more criminals, "including thousands of child predators and sex offenders," than any previous Texas attorney general.
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 11, 2010