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Latest Fact-Checks On Greg Abbott

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Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on April 5, 2023 in a tweet:
“Fentanyl is the leading cause of death for Americans 18-45.”
Mostly True
By Aarón Torres • April 24, 2023
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 16, 2023 in the State of the State speech:
"Businesses large and small have led Texas to be ranked the number one state for business every year that I’ve been governor."
Half-True
By Aarón Torres • March 20, 2023
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 31, 2022 in a campaign event:
Three court rulings since May 2022 “have made it clear that it is unconstitutional to ban someone between the ages of 18 and 20 from being able to buy an AR.”
Mostly False
By Nusaiba Mizan • September 21, 2022
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on May 15, 2022 in a tweet:
Texas' public high school graduation rate is at 90% overall.
True
By Nusaiba Mizan • July 14, 2022
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on May 25, 2022 in a press conference:
"We need to realize that people who think that ‘well, maybe if we could just implement tougher gun laws, it’s going to solve it,’ Chicago and LA and New York disprove that thesis."
Mostly False
By Analisa Trofimuk • June 3, 2022
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on May 12, 2022 in a press release:
Says the Biden administration is choosing to send baby formula to the border as one of its “out-of-touch priorities.”
Mostly False
By Madison Czopek • May 13, 2022
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 3, 2022 in a press conference:
"As compared to last year, Texas has about 15% more power generation capacity."
Mostly True
By Nusaiba Mizan • April 4, 2022
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on September 7, 2021 in a press conference:
The Texas abortion law “provides at least six weeks for a person to be able to get an abortion.”
False
By Amy Sherman • September 9, 2021
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on June 16, 2021 in a press conference:
“Carnage" is being caused "by people who are coming across the border."
False
By Brandon Mulder • July 2, 2021
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on May 18, 2021 in 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.”
True
By Brandon Mulder • May 21, 2021
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on April 11, 2021 in an interview:
Texas “could be very close to herd immunity.”
False
By Brandon Mulder • April 19, 2021
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on March 30, 2021 in a tweet:
“Twice as many children are in Border Patrol custody under Biden than Trump peak in 2019.”
True
By Brandon Mulder • April 6, 2021
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on March 3, 2021 in a tweet:
“The Biden Administration is recklessly releasing hundreds of illegal immigrants who have COVID into Texas communities.”
Mostly False
By Brandon Mulder • March 11, 2021
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 16, 2021 in an interview:
"Our wind and our solar got shut down ... and that thrust Texas into this situation where it was lacking power at a statewide basis.”
False
By Brandon Mulder • February 19, 2021
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on January 24, 2021 in a tweet:
“Innocent lives will be saved” by ending taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood.
False
By Brandon Mulder • February 12, 2021
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 19, 2020 in a press conference:
Says that shutdowns are “ineffective” and that we now know that COVID-19 is not commonly spread “by someone going to work.”
False
By Brandon Mulder • November 27, 2020
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on October 1, 2020 in a tweet:
Says “Property crime rising in Austin. This is the kind of thing that happens when cities defund and deemphasize police. Residents are left to fend for themselves.”
Mostly False
By Brandon Mulder • October 9, 2020
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 18, 2020 in a press conference:
Says crime is on the rise in Austin and a new study showed that it “is the No. 1 city in America in the year-to-year percentage increase in murders, with a percentage increase of more than 64% for the first half of this year.”
Half-True
By Madlin Mekelburg • August 31, 2020
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on May 5, 2020 in 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.”
Mostly True
By Taylor Goldenstein • May 21, 2020
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on May 3, 2020 in a tweet:
“Texas ranks 3rd highest among states for the number of people who have recovered from” the coronavirus.
Half-True
By Madlin Mekelburg • May 8, 2020
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