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Latest Fact-Checks On Greg Abbott

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Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on May 15, 2022 a tweet:
Texas' public high school graduation rate is at 90% overall.
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By Nusaiba Mizan • July 14, 2022
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on May 18, 2021 an interview:
“We now have more job openings than we do people who are on unemployment. We have 60% more job openings today than we did the month before the pandemic hit the state of Texas.”
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By Brandon Mulder • May 21, 2021
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on March 30, 2021 a tweet:
“Twice as many children are in Border Patrol custody under Biden than Trump peak in 2019.”
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By Brandon Mulder • April 6, 2021
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 30, 2018 a TV ad:
Says Texas "high school graduation rates are at all-time highs."  
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 7, 2018
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 19, 2018 a conference call with voters:
Says Texas ranks among the nation’s top five states for its high school graduation rate.
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 2, 2018
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on May 12, 2016 a speech to the Republican Party of Texas convention in Dallas:
The 2015 Legislature "passed the fewest laws in 20 years."
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 3, 2016
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 22, 2015 an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation":
"Already this calendar year, since January 1, we have had more than 20,000 people come across the border, apprehended, unauthorized."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 3, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on December 7, 2014 an interview on Meet the Press:
"My wife is going to be the first Hispanic first lady in the history of Texas."
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By Dylan Baddour • December 22, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on October 15, 2014 a letter to David Feldman, Houston's city attorney:
A lawyer demanded "several Houston pastors hand over to the city government many of their private papers, including their sermons."
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By Dylan Baddour • October 23, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 10, 2014 an opinion article in The (McAllen) Monitor:
"As attorney general, I have prosecuted judges, district attorneys and other public officials across Texas who violated that (public) trust, who have been corrupted."
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By Sue Owen • March 11, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on April 27, 2013 remarks at FreedomWorks Texas Summit in Austin:
Says he has sued the Obama administration 25 times.
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By Sue Owen • May 10, 2013
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 12, 2013 a Twitter post.:
Says the "last non-partisan commission to improve the voting experience in America concluded that #VoterID was necessary."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 1, 2013
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on January 3, 2013 a tweet:
Says according to the FBI, more people are killed each year with hammers and clubs than rifles.
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By Sue Owen • January 30, 2013
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on January 14, 2011 a press release:
There have been "at least four incidents where bullets from Mexico have crossed the border."
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By W. Gardner Selby • January 28, 2011
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 26, 2010 an interview:
Says a highway was closed in El Paso because of bullets flying across the border.
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • September 1, 2010