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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
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
May 6, 2011
Stefani Carter
Stefani Carter
stated on February 16, 2011
Says the Beaumont school district’s superintendent is the highest-paid in the state.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 11, 2011
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