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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