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Latest Fact-Checks In Texas

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Donna Campbell
Donna Campbell
stated on May 15, 2019 in a tweet
 "Local Government debt in Texas has increased nearly 40% in the past 5 years."
Half-True
By Madlin Mekelburg • May 24, 2019
Dan Crenshaw
Dan Crenshaw
stated on May 6, 2019 in a television apperance
Says about 80% to 90% of people seeking asylum do not have a valid claim.
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • May 17, 2019
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on April 29, 2019 climate change plan
"Race is the No. 1 indicator for where toxic and polluting facilities are today."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • May 14, 2019
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 5, 2019 a speech
Says he met a teacher in Dallas "who was only in his third year of teaching and already making more than $90,000 a year in salary."
Mostly False
By Allie Morris • May 10, 2019
Brandon Creighton
Brandon Creighton
stated on May 7, 2019 the Texas Senate
"Texas actually leads in the number of (Confederate) monuments removed."
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • May 10, 2019
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on April 29, 2019 climate change plan
"60 million Americans live in a place where the water they drink is unsafe."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • May 7, 2019
stated on April 24, 2019 in a tweet
Says one year ago, "no cities in the South had guaranteed paid sick days."
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • May 3, 2019
Bennett Sandlin
Bennett Sandlin
stated on April 22, 2019 a news conference
Says 74% of people in Texas are "crammed into 4% of the land." 
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • April 26, 2019
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 16, 2019 a press conference
"Since 2011, we have documentation of 1,671 dead bodies we have recovered in Texas, many in Brooks County."
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • April 23, 2019
Donna Howard
Donna Howard
stated on April 16, 2019 the Texas House
"There have been zero reported instances of any child born alive after an abortion in Texas."
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • April 18, 2019
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 9, 2019
"Like every budget passed by the Senate since I have been lieutenant governor, Senate Bill 1 is within the spending limit set by the Texas Constitution."
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • April 16, 2019
Paul Bettencourt
Paul Bettencourt
stated on April 2, 2019 a resolution
"194,000 criminal aliens booked into Texas jails from 2011-2019 were charged with more than 299,000 criminal offenses."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • April 8, 2019
Donna Campbell
Donna Campbell
stated on April 1, 2019 the Texas Senate
Abortion providers perform almost 60,000 procedures in Texas every year.
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • April 5, 2019
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on April 1, 2019 a Medium post
Says that the George W. Bush administration in 2005 revived a long-standing law when it "decided to charge those that crossed the border with criminal violations, rather than civil ones."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • April 5, 2019
John Bucy III
John Bucy III
stated on March 27, 2019 the Texas House
"Right now, 1 in 4 Texas women of reproductive age are uninsured, totaling 1.5 million Texas women."
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 29, 2019
Bob Hall
Bob Hall
stated on March 25, 2019 the Texas Senate
"We now have several hundred teachers that are over 100 years old and what I've read recently is that a baby born today, their age expectancy is 110, at least."
Half-True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 26, 2019
John Carter
John Carter
stated on February 18, 2019 a speech
"I was the first elected Republican in Williamson County history."
Half-True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 22, 2019
Children at Risk
Children at Risk
stated on March 19, 2019 a press conference
"Right now, only 11 percent of the 15,000 child care providers in Texas are certified as meeting quality standards."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 22, 2019
X posts
X posts
stated on March 18, 2019 a tweet
Says Beto O'Rourke "gave the remaining $4.5+ mill from his Senate race to (the Texas Democratic Party) a few months ago, & the Party sent the money back to him on the day of his announcement."
Pants on Fire!
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 20, 2019
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on March 12, 2019 a tweet
Says President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget "slashes investments in health care to pay for tax cuts to billionaires."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • March 20, 2019
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