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Dean Wright
Dean Wright
stated on November 30, 2010 a newspaper article.
Says Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams has attended more than 150 tea party gatherings.  
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 3, 2011
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on December 15, 2010 a news release
"In the last five years, 28,000 people have been killed along the U.S.-Mexico border."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • December 31, 2010
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on December 15, 2010 a U.S. House floor speech.
Says that "all those who do not answer directly to the president, they've said (repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell) is a terrible idea."
False
December 23, 2010
Paul Begala
Paul Begala
stated on December 6, 2010 a TV interview.
Says Lee Leffingwell has been mayor of Austin, Texas "for about as long as Sarah Palin was governor of Alaska."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 15, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 8, 2010 an interview.
"Social Security is indeed a Ponzi scheme."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 14, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 2, 2010 Rick Perry's book, "Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America from Washington"
Says the federal government restricts "how much salt we can put on our food."
False
November 6, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 15, 2010 an interview
Says he has a track record of not raising taxes.
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 1, 2010
Valinda Bolton
Valinda Bolton
stated on October 29, 2010 a mailer
"Paul Workman wants to raise the sales tax."
False
October 31, 2010
Back to Basics
Back to Basics
stated on October 13, 2010 a TV ad.
Rick Perry is "taking money away from hurricane victims" and diverting it to "remodel the Governor's Mansion."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 27, 2010
Dwayne Bohac
Dwayne Bohac
stated on October 4, 2010 a mailer
Says the Annie's List political group supports third-trimester abortions on demand.
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 20, 2010
Hank Gilbert
Hank Gilbert
stated on January 11, 2010 a speech.
Says Texas has so few gas-pump inspectors in the field, "the HEBs of this state, the Brookshires of this state, they're calibrating their own gas pumps. The (Texas Department of Agriculture) just sends them the stickers and they calibrate them."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 18, 2010
Chet Edwards
Chet Edwards
stated on September 17, 2010 a TV ad
"When Washington liberals wanted to take away our guns, Chet said no."
False
October 12, 2010
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on July 16, 2010 an interview with Fox News
"More lives have been lost because of the war with the drug cartels in Juarez alone, just a few blocks from the United States of America, than have been lost in the war in Afghanistan."
False
October 5, 2010
Back to Basics
Back to Basics
stated on September 8, 2010 a TV ad
"Perry pushed for a law that lets insurance companies raise homeowners’ rates without having to justify the increase."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 3, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on September 21, 2010 a statement
A defense bill "includes language that would require military hospitals to provide abortions on demand."
False
September 27, 2010
Ted Ankrum
Ted Ankrum
stated on August 31, 2010 an e-mail blast.
"More people were killed in the United States last year by tainted food than U.S. troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan since the wars began."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 22, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 7, 2010 a press release
Says Bill White "didn't pay taxes while earning $133,600 annual salary as deputy secretary of energy."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • September 21, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on July 25, 2010 an e-mail
After Hurricane Katrina, "Dallas and San Antonio took in 5,000 to 10,000 refugees each, but (Bill) White brought in 250,000 and put them up in his 'buddies' empty apartment buildings and let the federal government pay their rents for over two years. They did not return to New Orleans, most of them are on welfare."
False
September 19, 2010
Chet Edwards
Chet Edwards
stated on September 6, 2010 a TV ad.
Says opponent Bill Flores helped run a company that laid off over 3,000 workers and paid off executives with millions.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 15, 2010
Debbie Riddle
Debbie Riddle
stated on August 10, 2010 a television interview
"Over 81 percent of the babies that are born at LBJ Hospital right here in Houston are born of women who are not here legally."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby • August 23, 2010
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