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Rob Moshein
Rob Moshein
stated on October 14, 2012 a letter to the editor.:
Says the University of Texas can afford to build a medical school because it has a $7 billion endowment and its football program had a $50 million profit last year.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 19, 2012
Karen Huber
Karen Huber
stated on September 17, 2012 an Austin American-Statesman news stor:
Says she’s never said "don’t build" Texas 45 Southwest.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • October 12, 2012
Stefani Carter
Stefani Carter
stated on August 30, 2012 in an opinion column in USA Today:
Says black women are "fastest-growing demographic group in ... Texas seeking concealed handgun licenses."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • October 5, 2012
Lee Leffingwell
Lee Leffingwell
stated on August 31, 2012 a UNITY PAC press release.:
Says Austin voters can approve seven bond propositions "without raising taxes."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 4, 2012
Paul Sadler
Paul Sadler
stated on September 26, 2012 a press release.:
Says Ted Cruz "has pledged to eliminate" the U.S. Department of Education, which would end federal aid to college students.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 27, 2012
John Sharp
John Sharp
stated on June 18, 2012 a speech in Austin:
Says scientists predict "sometime in the future, an event that will kill … somewhere between 80 and 90 million people."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • September 25, 2012
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on June 9, 2012 a speech to the Republican Party of Texas convention in Fort Worth:
Says Sierra Club sued him to stop oil and gas activity on Texas coast, but "we won" and "the turtles are fine."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • September 12, 2012
Lone Star Project
Lone Star Project
stated on August 23, 2012 a political action committee report:
Says that like Todd Akin, all Texas Republicans in U.S. House cosponsored a bill "that attempts to distinguish between ‘forcible rape’ and other sexual assaults."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • September 6, 2012
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on August 28, 2012 his speech to the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida.:
Says our national debt is greater than our gross domestic product.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 29, 2012
Kinky Friedman
Kinky Friedman
stated on August 1, 2012:
Says Texas is 1st in business climate, 49th in education.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • August 17, 2012
Gail Collins
Gail Collins
stated on August 1, 2012 in her New York Times column:
Says Texas GOP platform calls for end to teaching "critical thinking" in public schools.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • August 11, 2012
Francisco
Francisco "Quico" Canseco
stated on July 31, 2012 an email blast:
Says the "largest tax increase in American history is set to occur on January 1st unless President Obama and Congress can come to an agreement."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 3, 2012
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on July 2, 2012 a campaign mailer.:
Says the federal government is spending $765,828 to subsidize "pancakes for yuppies" in Washington.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 11, 2012
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on June 8, 2012 his speech at the Texas Democratic Party State Convention in Houston:
Says cuts by Gov. Rick Perry's administration left "12,000 teachers without a job."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • July 6, 2012
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on June 9, 2012 a speech to the Republican Party of Texas convention in Fort Worth.:
Says he "passed" eight measures, including ones to prevent groping at airport security checks and to bar "sanctuary" cities in Texas.  
Half-True
By Tara Merrigan • July 3, 2012
John Carter
John Carter
stated on June 18, 2012 a radio interview.:
Says the Constitution "specifically states the Congress shall write legislation for immigration policy," so Barack Obama lacks the authority to defer the deportation of young illegal immigrants.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 27, 2012
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on June 9, 2012 her speech at Texas Democratic Party State Convention in Houston:
Says because of Texas lawmakers’ choices, "hundreds of thousands of women no longer have access to basic medical care, life-saving cancer screenings and contraception."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • June 27, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 7, 2012 a speech to the Republican Party of Texas convention in Fort Worth.:
Barack Obama has "provided guns to Mexican drug cartels."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 18, 2012
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on June 8, 2012 his speech at Texas Democratic Party State Convention in Houston:
Says under Mitt Romney, Massachusetts was 47th in job creation.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • June 13, 2012
Jeff Wentworth
Jeff Wentworth
stated on May 9, 2012 a TV ad.:
Says he "restored prayer and the pledge in our schools."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby • May 25, 2012
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