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Latest Fact-Checks On Dan Patrick

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Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 16, 2019 in a press conference:
"Since 2011, we have documentation of 1,671 dead bodies we have recovered in Texas, many in Brooks County."
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By Madlin Mekelburg • April 23, 2019
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 9, 2019:
"Like every budget passed by the Senate since I have been lieutenant governor, Senate Bill 1 is within the spending limit set by the Texas Constitution."
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By Madlin Mekelburg • April 16, 2019
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on May 20, 2018 in an interview on ABC News, "This Week":
"It’s against the law in Texas to let any loaded gun get in the hands of a child."
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By W. Gardner Selby • May 30, 2018
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on October 17, 2016 in a press release titled “Lt. Governor Unveils Faith-Based Initiative on Foster Care Children,”:
"Several elected state officials have opened their homes to children in need of loving families."
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By Bobby Cervantes • October 28, 2016
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on July 21, 2014 in an interview with Laura Ingraham:
More people are apprehended after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border a week "than are born in Texas each week."
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By Philip Jankowski • September 12, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on November 8, 2012 in a Texas Tribune interview.:
Says the state of Texas rates as "unacceptable" almost 500 of the state's 8,000 public schools.
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By W. Gardner Selby • November 14, 2012
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on February 17, 2011 in remarks on the Senate floor:
"We have 80,000 abortions in Texas every year."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • February 18, 2011