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Latest Fact-Checks By Ciara O'Rourke

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Chris Gregoire
Chris Gregoire
stated on November 21, 2010 a statement in a Seattle Times article
Says Washington state has "consistently ranked in the top five in the Forbes list of best states to do business — ahead of Texas."
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 5, 2010
Valinda Bolton
Valinda Bolton
stated on October 29, 2010 a mailer
"Paul Workman wants to raise the sales tax."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 31, 2010
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on October 27, 2010 a campaign mailer
"Donna Campbell has called for ending all federal funding for education"
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 28, 2010
Donna Campbell
Donna Campbell
stated on October 19, 2010 an ad
Says Lloyd Doggett voted for the health care, stimulus and cap-and-trade bills.
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 26, 2010
Bill Flores
Bill Flores
stated on October 15, 2010 in a TV interview
On possibly raising the Social Security retirement age.
Full Flop
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 24, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on October 4, 2010 a TV ad
"Rick Perry has become a millionaire on the public payroll."
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 22, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on October 5, 2010 a news story
Says Rick Perry told students he couldn't attend a gubernatorial forum due to scheduling conflicts, then on forum day "tweeted that he'd just been running with his dog."
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 14, 2010
Chet Edwards
Chet Edwards
stated on September 17, 2010 a TV ad
"When Washington liberals wanted to take away our guns, Chet said no."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 12, 2010
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on October 4, 2010 a TV ad
"I said no to these big bank bailouts."
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 7, 2010
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on July 16, 2010 an interview with Fox News
"More lives have been lost because of the war with the drug cartels in Juarez alone, just a few blocks from the United States of America, than have been lost in the war in Afghanistan."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 5, 2010
Lone Star First
Lone Star First
stated on September 28, 2010 a TV ad
Rick Perry thinks "injecting 11- and 12-year-old girls with a controversial drug (the HPV vaccine), without a parent's consent, is a good idea."
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 1, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on September 27, 2010 an e-mail
Texas has "a higher unemployment rate than neighboring states."
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 30, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on September 21, 2010 a statement
A defense bill "includes language that would require military hospitals to provide abortions on demand."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 27, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 12, 2010 a TV ad
"We've created more than 850,000 jobs, more than all the other states combined."
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 23, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on July 25, 2010 an e-mail
After Hurricane Katrina, "Dallas and San Antonio took in 5,000 to 10,000 refugees each, but (Bill) White brought in 250,000 and put them up in his 'buddies' empty apartment buildings and let the federal government pay their rents for over two years. They did not return to New Orleans, most of them are on welfare."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 19, 2010
Bill Flores
Bill Flores
stated on September 26, 2010 a TV ad
Says he created more than 500 American jobs.
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 17, 2010
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on September 1, 2010 a statement
Due to the war in Iraq, "4,400 Americans are dead, 30,000 severely wounded and more than 100,000 are suffering from serious health problems related to post traumatic stress syndrome."
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 11, 2010
Republican Party of Texas
Republican Party of Texas
stated on August 31, 2010 a tweet
Says State Rep. Kristi Thibaut was an ACORN lobbyist.
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 9, 2010
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on July 19, 2010 an e-mail
Says the federal agency in charge of Medicare and Medicaid will disburse $803 billion in benefits this year, making "it larger than all but 15 of the world's economies."
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 4, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on August 14, 2010 a speech
Says most of Perry's chiefs of staff have been lobbyists.
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, Ciara O'Rourke • August 30, 2010
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