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Latest Fact-Checks In Texas

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Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 4, 2010 on an episode of Fox & Friends
"Since the first of the year, 153 businesses at last count had moved out of California to Texas."
Half-True
November 18, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on November 4, 2010 a statement
Says Fort Hood near Killeen, Texas, is "the largest military installation in the free world."
Half-True
November 15, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 8, 2010 an interview on The Daily Show
"I had five of my citizens that were killed last week" because of border security problems.
Half-True
November 10, 2010
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
November 5, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on October 15, 2010 an interview.
Says that under Gov. Rick Perry, Texas Department of Public Safety troopers have had "standing orders" not to inquire into the immigration status of people unless they're under arrest.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 1, 2010
Hank Gilbert
Hank Gilbert
stated on September 12, 2010 a campaign video.
Says gas pumps in different parts of Texas are missing state inspection stickers and/or their inspections are out of date--and that's cheating consumers.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 16, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 15, 2010 a television ad
"Houston suffered $1.7 billion in operating losses under Mayor Bill White."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 13, 2010
Steve Munisteri
Steve Munisteri
stated on August 31, 2010 a press release.
Says the Austin chapter of the League of Women Voters has no Republicans among elected officers or on its debate committee.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 20, 2010
David Porter
David Porter
stated on July 28, 2010 a press release.
Jeff Weems' "legal record is one of defending BP, Enron and just about every big oil company against the working man."
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 12, 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
September 11, 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
September 4, 2010
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on August 25, 2010 an editorial board meeting with the Austin American-Statesman
"We spend more money on health care per capita in the United States than any other country in the world. Of the 30 developed countries in the world, we spend 2 1/2 times more than the average. Of the country that spends the second most per capita, Switzerland, we spend 175 percent more."
Half-True
August 31, 2010
Back to Basics
Back to Basics
stated on August 24, 2010 a newspaper ad
Gov. Rick Perry "has overseen the highest Texas unemployment in 22 years."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • August 28, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on August 9, 2010 an East Texas campaign stop.
Says Rick Perry's proposal on driver licenses and high school dropouts has been state law since 1989.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 20, 2010
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on July 15, 2010 a consultant's e-mail to PolitiFact Texas.
Says Democrat Hank Gilbert "has a criminal conviction for theft, has multiple years of unpaid taxes, has multiple tax liens and fines, unsafe driving convictions (and) has recently been accused of taking a bribe and is on record lying to the press this year about his criminal record."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 13, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 28, 2010 an interview
Because of violence spreading from Mexico, "you’ve got bullets hitting the city hall in El Paso. You’ve got bombs exploding in El Paso."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 5, 2010
Michael Sullivan
Michael Sullivan
stated on July 19, 2010 a Twitter post
Says the director of NASA says its main mission is Muslim outreach.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 1, 2010
Gordon Quan
Gordon Quan
stated on June 30, 2010 an e-mail blast
Some cardiologists estimate "70 percent of all males over 50 have some form of heart disease."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 31, 2010
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on June 25, 2010 a speech at the Texas Democratic Party convention
Says Bill White's program to bring dropouts back to school was "so successful that almost every city in our state has replicated" it.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • July 27, 2010
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on June 27, 2010 a speech at the Texas Democratic convention
"We caught (the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) lying to us about the results of air quality studies in the Barnett Shale."
Half-True
July 25, 2010
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