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Libertarian National Committee
Libertarian National Committee
stated on August 10, 2011 a video posted on its website
Says Rick Perry "supported a guest worker program to help people who would otherwise be illegal aliens."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 10, 2011
Ruben Navarrette Jr.
Ruben Navarrette Jr.
stated on September 28, 2011 an opinion column.
"Every month, another 50,000 U.S.-born Hispanics turn 18 and become eligible to vote."  
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 7, 2011
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on September 21, 2011 a campaign video.
Says David Dewhurst skipped nine candidate forums after announcing his U.S. Senate candidacy.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • October 3, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 22, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Orlando.
Says that illegal immigrants get a $100,000 break on University of Texas tuition over four years.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • September 28, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 24, 2011 an interview.
Says Texas has "the fourth-lowest debt per capita of any state in the nation, and we are the lowest of any of the big states."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 6, 2011
Josh Treviño
Josh Treviño
stated on July 13, 2011 a TV appearance.
Says recent polls show Americans agree with Republicans that the federal debt ceiling should not be raised and the debt and deficit should be dealt with mostly by cutting spending.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 16, 2011
Nina Perales
Nina Perales
stated on May 31, 2011 a press release.
Says a Republican-drawn map of proposed U.S. House districts for Texas "gerrymanders more than nine million Latinos in Texas to make sure that we have no more electoral opportunity than we did in 1991."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 22, 2011
Judith Zaffirini
Judith Zaffirini
stated on May 25, 2011 remarks on the Senate floor
Says 11 percent of the nation’s fatal car crashes in 2009 were attributed to distracted driving.
Mostly True
June 20, 2011
Kathie Tovo
Kathie Tovo
stated on April 29, 2011 a TV ad.
Says the Austin City Council "may give $4 million a year to subsidize a race track."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 12, 2011
Randi Shade
Randi Shade
stated on May 18, 2011 a campaign mailer.
Says opponent Kathie Tovo "believes that Austin invests too much in the cops, firefighters and paramedics that protect our families and neighborhoods."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 11, 2011
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on May 29, 2011 a filibuster.
Says "for the first time ever," Texas lawmakers are not funding student population growth.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 3, 2011
Texas House Democratic Caucus
Texas House Democratic Caucus
stated on May 18, 2011 a press release
"Some neighborhood schools are closing."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • June 2, 2011
Jay Carney
Jay Carney
stated on May 10, 2011 a press gaggle
Says the Obama Administration has fulfilled all of Texas’ requests for fire management assisting grants.
Mostly True
May 30, 2011
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on May 12, 2011 a Texas Tribune interview
Says the Obama administration approved a major disaster declaration for Oklahoma in 2009, when nine of the state’s 77 counties burned for "about three days," while Texas wildfires have been burning for longer without such a declaration.
Mostly True
May 30, 2011
Randi Shade
Randi Shade
stated on May 17, 2011 a press release.
"The turnout on May 14th was just 7 percent -- the lowest turnout in decades."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 23, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on May 5, 2011 a presidential debate
"The Arab and the Muslim nations get twice as much money as Israel."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 21, 2011
John Whitmire
John Whitmire
stated on May 3, 2011 remarks on the Senate floor
Says the Texas Board of Nursing has a backlog of "3,000 complaints against nurses, many of them sexual assaults, malfeasance."
Mostly True
May 16, 2011
Steve Ogden
Steve Ogden
stated on April 5, 2011 comments to reporters on Texas Senate floor
Says businesses "already pay most of the taxes."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 15, 2011
Jay Carney
Jay Carney
stated on May 10, 2011 a press gaggle aboard Air Force One.
Says Rick Perry "turned down our invitation to meet" President Barack Obama in El Paso.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 13, 2011
Silvestre Reyes
Silvestre Reyes
stated on May 9, 2011 a press release.
The "six largest cities in Ohio all have higher rates of violence and crime than every major city along the U.S.-Mexico border."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 10, 2011
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