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Latest Fact-Checks By W. Gardner Selby

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Frank Luntz
Frank Luntz
stated on April 6, 2016 a tweet
"Team Trump has accused Ted Cruz of fraud" in Iowa, Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Kansas, Maine, Utah and Wisconsin."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 11, 2016
Tim Finchem
Tim Finchem
stated on March 27, 2016 a sports column by Kirk Bohls of the Austin American-Statesman
"Austin’s the fastest-growing city in the country the last five years."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 29, 2016
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on March 14, 2016 speaking to reporters
Texas "had the highest level of turnout than ever before in the primary."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 24, 2016
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 25, 2016 a post and story from Elect Leaders
Ted Cruz is in negotiations to be Donald Trump’s running mate.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 22, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 11, 2016 a Democratic National Committee reception
Illegal "immigration is lower than it’s been in 40 years."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 17, 2016
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on March 14, 2016 responding to reporters
"The fact is voter fraud is rampant."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • March 17, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 28, 2016 on CNN's "State of the Union."
Donald Trump has "described Hillary Clinton as one of the best secretaries of state in history."
Mostly False
By Dylan Baddour, W. Gardner Selby • March 8, 2016
Blake Rocap
Blake Rocap
stated on February 16, 2016 a voter mailer
"When Republican extremists tried to take away abortion rights … Blake Rocap stopped them."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 27, 2016
Huey Rey Fischer
Huey Rey Fischer
stated on February 8, 2016 a press release
"There isn’t a single (Texas) legislator under the age of 30, even though millennials make up 25 percent of the electorate in Texas."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 27, 2016
Gary Cobb
Gary Cobb
stated on February 16, 2016 a video ad on his campaign website
Travis County residents "trusted me to take on Tom DeLay — and we won."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 17, 2016
Jonathan Stickland
Jonathan Stickland
stated on February 10, 2016 a TV ad
Scott Fisher "tried to expand Obamacare in Texas and even voted for an official resolution to force 1 million Texans into Obamacare."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • February 12, 2016
Paul Saldaña
Paul Saldaña
stated on January 13, 2016 a civic summit hosted by Austin's KLRU-TV
A Texas law requires every high school to have a voter registrar "and part of their responsibility is to make sure that when children become 18 and become eligible to vote, that they vote."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 29, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 14, 2016 Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.
Under Ted Cruz’s tax plan, "businesses will now have to pay 16 percent on the money they make. They will also have to pay 16 percent on the money they pay their employees."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 26, 2016
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on January 23, 2016 an appearance in Ankeny, Iowa
"In 40 years of broadcast, I have never endorsed any candidate."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 26, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 21, 2016 a New Hampshire appearance
"Blue Cross Blue Shield cancelled all their individual (health care) policies in the state of Texas, effective Dec. 31."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • January 22, 2016
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on January 12, 2016 response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address
Under Barack Obama, "the fewest number of adults are working since Jimmy Carter’s presidency."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 22, 2016
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on January 4, 2016 a legal brief
"One in every three women has an abortion during her lifetime."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 19, 2016
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on January 3, 2016 an interview on Meet the Press
Every "one of the mass shootings except two in America since 1950 have been" in "gun-free zones."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 13, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 5, 2016 an interview with The Washington Post
Canadian-born Ted Cruz "has had a double passport."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 6, 2016
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on December 8, 2015 a press conference with Sen. Ted Cruz
Says President Barack Obama "himself has granted waivers allowing into the United States refugees who provided material support to terrorists."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 18, 2015
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