Latest Fact-Checks In Texas

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Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on October 28, 2015 a tweet
"Texas #2 in nation for new gun purchases, behind California."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 6, 2015
Ora Houston
Ora Houston
stated on September 8, 2015 an Austin City Council meeting about the city budget
"HIV/AIDS among women is skyrocketing in Austin."
False
By Mary Ann Roser • October 2, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on September 1, 2015 a speech to the Greater Houston Partnership
The Iran deal "trusts the Iranians to inspect themselves."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 18, 2015
Christine Gilbert
Christine Gilbert
stated on July 11, 2015 a letter to the editor of the Austin American-Statesman
The Texas Capitol faces South toward Goliad, in memory of the most horrific battle of the Texas Revolution.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 24, 2015
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 29, 2015 a chain email
Muslims "attempted to establish the first Islamic Sharia court inside the United States in the town of Irving, Texas."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 16, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on July 12, 2014 a roundtable with Texas businesses
"Every year we spend roughly $500 billion on tax compliance. That is roughly the budget of our entire military, entirely wasted on tax compliance."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 20, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 18, 2015 remarks in New Hampshire
"About half of the presidents have been governors; half of them, senators."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 27, 2015
Judicial Watch
Judicial Watch
stated on April 14, 2015 a web item
"ISIS camp a few miles from Texas, Mexican authorities confirm."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 17, 2015
George P. Bush
George P. Bush
stated on January 30, 2015 remarks at a "school choice" rally outside the Texas Capitol
A "majority of our students are trapped in" underperforming schools.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 12, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 5, 2014 an interview with the Texas Tribune and Washington Post.
"When I came into office, our vaccination rate in Texas was 65 percent. When I left two weeks ago, it was 95 percent."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 12, 2015
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on January 20, 2015 a post on his U.S. Senate website
The Texas leg of the Keystone pipeline "has already created 4,800 jobs in just the year it's been up and running."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 23, 2015
Jerry Jones
Jerry Jones
stated on January 9, 2015 an interview with ESPN aired Jan. 9, 2015
The cheerleaders for the Dallas Cowboys have "entertained more troops in the world than Bob Hope."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 9, 2015
Jim Skaggs
Jim Skaggs
stated on November 5, 2014 as quoted in a news story
Austin is "burdened by the fastest-growing tax increases of any major city in the nation."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 28, 2014
Delia Garza
Delia Garza
stated on October 21, 2014 as quoted in a news story
"Families in Del Valle, who are City of Austin residents, have to drive to Bastrop to go to the closest grocery store."
False
By Dylan Baddour • November 6, 2014
Citizens Against Rail Taxes
Citizens Against Rail Taxes
stated on October 8, 2014 a radio ad
None of $400 million the City of Austin proposes to spend on road projects "will be used to add new lanes to congested roadways."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 23, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on September 19, 2014 a debate in the Rio Grande Valley.
"I’ve been involved in prosecuting a terrorist member of ISIS."
False
By Dylan Baddour • October 3, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on September 29, 2014 a debate in Austin
Leticia Van de Putte "voted to give illegal immigrants in this country free health care--not emergency health care but total free health care."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 2, 2014
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on August 29, 2014 a press release
"Our men and women of the Guard have been forced to contact food banks to feed themselves."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 19, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on August 31, 2014 an interview with WFAA-TV
ISIS is "right now crucifying Christians in Iraq, literally nailing Christians to trees."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 5, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on July 21, 2014 a news story
At "least a quarter of those apprehended" at the border "have criminal records."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 29, 2014
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