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Latest Fact-Checks In Texas

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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
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on March 14, 2019 a campaign stop in Iowa:
"Nearly half of public school teachers in Texas are working a second or a third job, not for kicks, not for extra spending cash, but just to make ends meet."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • March 19, 2019
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on March 10, 2019 a TV ad:
Says Beto O'Rourke's "father-in-law, a billionaire real estate developer who bankrolled a Super PAC to buy Beto a congressional seat…"
Mostly False
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 14, 2019
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on March 10, 2019 in a TV ad:
Says Beto O’Rourke crashed into barriers, "causing a collision while driving drunk, then fleeing the scene to avoid accountability."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 14, 2019
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on March 10, 2019 in a TV ad:
Says Beto O’Rourke perpetuated stereotypes, "casting aspersions on working women whose ‘only qualifications seemed to be large breasts and tight buttocks’."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 14, 2019
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on March 10, 2019 in a TV ad:
Says Beto O’Rourke did his father-in-law’s "bidding on the El Paso City Council, pushing a downtown redevelopment scheme to bulldoze a poor Hispanic neighborhood while enriching developers like his father-in-law."
Half-True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 14, 2019
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on March 4, 2019 a press conference:
"On a per capita basis, Irving-Las Colinas has more Fortune 500 companies than any city in the United States of America."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 9, 2019
Chip Roy
Chip Roy
stated on February 27, 2019 a hearing for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee:
"We amass about $100 million in debt per hour, which means we've blown through 300, 400, 450 million dollars during this charade."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • February 28, 2019
Joaquin Castro
Joaquin Castro
stated on February 25, 2019 a news conference:
"Most people in my home state of Texas disagree with the president building a wall across our border."
Half-True
By Madlin Mekelburg • February 26, 2019
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on February 8, 2019 a blog post:
When visa holders exit the United States and enter Mexico, "if they leave through a land port of entry we literally have no clue if they are still here or have returned to their country of origin."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • February 15, 2019
Ken Paxton
Ken Paxton
stated on October 25, 2018 a TV ad:
Says Ken Paxton "shut down the world’s largest human trafficking marketplace."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 1, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2018 a rally for Republican candidates in Houston:
Says Beto O’Rourke "voted to shield MS-13 gang members from deportation."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 25, 2018
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on October 16, 2018 During a debate in San Antonio:
Says Beto O'Rourke "voted in favor of a $10 a barrel tax on every barrel of oil produced in the state of Texas."
Mostly False
By Johnathan Silver • October 19, 2018
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on October 16, 2018 a Senate debate:
With the Republican-backed tax cut, "we’re seeing the result, and to date, federal tax revenues have gone up."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 19, 2018
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on October 16, 2018 a debate televised from San Antonio:
Says "only one other senator from either party over the last 25 years" has "a worse record on bipartisanship" than Ted Cruz.  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 18, 2018
Alexander Strenger
Alexander Strenger
stated on October 1, 2018 response cited in an interactive voter guide:
Says 60 percent of Austin’s "waterways are found to be contaminated with fecal matter and deemed unsafe to swim."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 16, 2018
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on September 29, 2018 at a rally in Austin:
Says marijuana is "legal in most states in this country."
Mostly False
By Johnathan Silver • October 5, 2018
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on September 29, 2018 an Austin rally:
Says that in Texas, "you can be too gay to adopt" a foster child "who needs a loving home."  
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 4, 2018
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