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Latest Fact-Checks On Rick Perry

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Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 15, 2016 Radio interview
"Building a wall" on the U.S.-Mexico border "will take literally years."
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By Eleanor Dearman • February 27, 2016
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 16, 2015 a speech in Iowa
"One out of five of our children live in a family that’s on food stamps."
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 3, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 24, 2015 a speech.
"America produces more oil and gas than any other nation in the world."
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By Sean Gorman • March 2, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 9, 2015 Texas Public Policy Foundation policy orientation
"I belong to the AFL-CIO."  
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By W. Gardner Selby • January 13, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 17, 2014 an interview on Fox & Friends
A record number of immigrants not from Mexico are "being apprehended at the border."
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 18, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 7, 2014 a speech
"If you rent a U-Haul to move your company, it costs twice as much to go from San Francisco to Austin than the other way around, because you can’t find enough trucks to flee the Golden State."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 12, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 25, 2013 a press release
Says Texas law requires state agencies to give preference to goods produced and grown in Texas.
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By Sue Owen • June 12, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 9, 2013 an advertisement
"Over the last 10 years, Texas created 33 percent of the net new jobs nationwide."
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By W. Gardner Selby • May 9, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 1, 2012 a press conference.
Says fewer than 30 percent of Texas college students graduate in four years and only 58 percent graduate within six years.
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 19, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 7, 2012 a speech to the Republican Party of Texas convention in Fort Worth.
Says Barack Obama has played nearly 100 rounds of golf as president.
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 8, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 16, 2012 a Fox News interview.
Says you need a photo ID to purchase Sudafed in Texas.
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 28, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 30, 2011 an interview
Says Mitt Romney has flip-flopped on abortion rights.
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By Louis Jacobson, Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 5, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 11, 2011 a tweet.
"Romneycare was model for Obamacare."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 21, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 11, 2011 Republican presidential primary debate
Says he "came to the Republican Party sooner in age" than Ronald Reagan.
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By Molly Moorhead • October 12, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 28, 2011 an interview
Says only four Texas legislators voted against a law giving in-state tuition rates to certain illegal immigrants.
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 28, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 30, 2011 a radio interview
"I became a Republican sooner in my life than" Ronald Reagan did in his.
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • September 6, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 8, 2011 a speech
"Texas added more jobs in 2010 than any other state."
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February 15, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 22, 2011 a speech
Says there have been 50 million abortions since Roe v. Wade was decided.
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 1, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 18, 2011 his inaugural address.
Says he’s the first Aggie governor of Texas.
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By W. Gardner Selby • January 19, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 2, 2010 in "Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America from Washington"
"The (federal) debt is growing by more than $4 billion a day."
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November 17, 2010
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