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Latest Fact-Checks By Ciara O'Rourke

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Eddie Lucio, Jr.
Eddie Lucio, Jr.
stated on February 17, 2011 remarks on the Senate floor:
"A miscarriage is considered an abortion."
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 1, 2011
Chuck Norris
Chuck Norris
stated on February 14, 2011 an opinion column:
"Some of our state's educational administrators joined the feds in seeking to mandate Arabic classes for Texas children."
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 28, 2011
Leo Berman
Leo Berman
stated on February 14, 2011 a news article:
Says the Hawaii governor "can’t find anything that says (President Barack Obama) was born in Hawaii."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, Ciara O'Rourke • February 27, 2011
Jeff Wentworth
Jeff Wentworth
stated on February 22, 2011 an interview on MSNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews":
"We don’t have bars on campus in Texas. It’s against the law... no alcohol allowed."
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 26, 2011
Michael Sullivan
Michael Sullivan
stated on February 18, 2011 an e-mail blast:
"If you printed a $1 bill for the entirety of the $14.1 trillion national debt, the resulting pile of money would weigh more than 136 aircraft carriers."
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 25, 2011
Dan Flynn
Dan Flynn
stated on February 14, 2011 a column:
"Our children do not spend any time in school learning about our own U.S. Constitution."
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 21, 2011
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on February 17, 2011 remarks on the Senate floor:
"We have 80,000 abortions in Texas every year."
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 18, 2011
John Oliver
John Oliver
stated on February 3, 2011 an episode of The Daily Show:
Joe Straus is the "first Jewish speaker of the" Texas House.
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 12, 2011
Pete Gallego
Pete Gallego
stated on January 27, 2011 an interview on "Capital Tonight":
"In Mexico, they don't have birth certificates... they don’t have registration cards for voters. They have one national ID."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 9, 2011
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on January 19, 2011 a press release:
Says Texas ranks 44th nationally in education funding per pupil.
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 31, 2011
Donna Garner
Donna Garner
stated on December 9, 2010 a newsletter:
Says Joe Straus "was co-author of a bill that would have allowed Planned Parenthood to control public school sex education."
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 13, 2010
Ted Poe
Ted Poe
stated on December 2, 2010 an opinion piece:
Under the DREAM Act, after two years of higher education or military service "you are eligible for citizenship. Once a citizen, this paves the way to bring the rest of (your) extended family to the United States."
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 8, 2010
Howard Dean
Howard Dean
stated on November 12, 2010 a KLRU interview:
"Barack Obama's health care bill is nothing new. Mitt Romney signed one just like it four years before."
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 5, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on November 16, 2010 a statement:
On an earmark moratorium.
Full Flop
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 26, 2010
Joe Barton
Joe Barton
stated on November 11, 2010 a speech at The Heritage Foundation.:
Says you can buy four light bulbs for $1.99 at Walmart, while a single compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) costs "$10 a pop."
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 21, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 4, 2010 on an episode of Fox & Friends:
"Since the first of the year, 153 businesses at last count had moved out of California to Texas."
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 18, 2010
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."
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 17, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on November 4, 2010 a statement:
Says Fort Hood near Killeen, Texas, is "the largest military installation in the free world."
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 15, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 8, 2010 an interview on The Daily Show:
"I had five of my citizens that were killed last week" because of border security problems.
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 10, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 2, 2010 Rick Perry's book, "Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America from Washington":
Says the federal government restricts "how much salt we can put on our food."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 6, 2010
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