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Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on August 10, 2011 an Iowa campaign stop.:
Rick Perry "was the (campaign) chairman for Al Gore at one time, not too many years ago."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 7, 2011
Debra Medina
Debra Medina
stated on January 14, 2010 the Republican gubernatorial debate in Denton:
"Governor (Perry), you were a Democrat, having worked for Al Gore as his campaign manager..."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 7, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 13, 2011 a campaign video on his website:
Says the national debt and President Barack Obama's "refusal to control spending led to our nation's credit rating being downgraded for the first time in history."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • August 30, 2011
Margaret Carlson
Margaret Carlson
stated on August 9, 2011 a politics column.:
Rick Perry "has advocated abandoning Social Security, scuttling Medicaid and ending the federal income tax."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 28, 2011
Mike Villarreal
Mike Villarreal
stated on August 6, 2011 a Texas Capitol rally.:
Says that before Rick Perry became governor, "only 4 percent of our total labor force was a minimum wage job ... Today, that number has more than doubled (to) 9.5 percent."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 24, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 8, 2011 a New Hampshire town hall.:
Says a poll found him the only Republican candidate who could beat Barack Obama in Texas -- and by eight points.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 14, 2011
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on July 19, 2011 a campaign video.:
"This past (legislative) session, we passed out of the Legislature a resolution requiring Congress to pass a balanced-budget amendment to the (U.S.) Constitution."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 25, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 18, 2011 a speech.:
Says the 2012-13 state budget "leaves $6 billion in a rainy day fund."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 30, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 14, 2011 a cameo interview.:
"Since June 2009, about 48 percent of all the jobs created in America were in Texas."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 26, 2011
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on June 15, 2011 a press release:
Says Rick Perry of Texas was "the governor who relied most on stimulus funds to close his state’s budget deficit in 2010."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • June 25, 2011
Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
stated on June 1, 2011 an oped column.:
Rick Perry "has never lost an election and remains the only person to have won the Texas governorship three times in landslide elections."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 14, 2011
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on June 6, 2011 a tweet:
Says 1,000 World War II veterans die every day.
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • June 13, 2011
Waco Tea Party
Waco Tea Party
stated on May 25, 2011 an e-mail blast:
Says the federal government threatened to impose a no-fly zone in Texas if state legislators bar airport security officials from performing pat-downs.
Half-True
June 8, 2011
Michael Sullivan
Michael Sullivan
stated on May 26, 2011 a tweet.:
Says public education will get more money in 2012-13 though lawmakers cut $15 billion in overall spending.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 4, 2011
Texas Public Policy Foundation
Texas Public Policy Foundation
stated on April 25, 2011 a television ad that ran through May 20:
Says that in the last five years, Texas "created more jobs than all other states combined."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 29, 2011
Joe Straus
Joe Straus
stated on May 20, 2011 a press release.:
Says state budget deal between Texas House and Senate leaders "funds nursing homes, our public schools and universities and provides financial aid for college students."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 27, 2011
Randi Shade
Randi Shade
stated on May 19, 2011 a statement.:
Says that several times in the last 15 years, Austin City Council candidates have won seats after trailing by more than 4,000 votes in the election prompting the runoff.  
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 26, 2011
Michael Williams
Michael Williams
stated on April 26, 2011 a tweet.:
"Gas prices have gone up $2 since Obama took office."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 22, 2011
Steve Ogden
Steve Ogden
stated on May 4, 2011 remarks on the Senate floor:
Rick Perry "advocated to liquidate" the state’s rainy day fund in 2007.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 8, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on May 5, 2011 a presidential debate:
"Prices are going up. Unemployment is continuing to go up."
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 6, 2011
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