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Bill White
Bill White
stated on June 25, 2010 a speech at the Texas Democratic Party convention
"In Rick Perry’s Texas, we import nurses ... from other countries."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • July 14, 2010
David Barton
David Barton
stated on June 12, 2010 an open letter
Texas state Reps. Dan Branch and Jim Pitts, lieutenants to House Speaker Joe Straus, "are helping Democrat Ellen Cohen against her Republican challenger, doing events with her in her district."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 5, 2010
Libertarian Party of Texas
Libertarian Party of Texas
stated on June 7, 2010 a press release
"The Republican Party lost 1.1 million registered voters since 2008. The Democratic Party lost 1.2 million registered voters… (while) voter registration in the Libertarian Party rose 8 percent."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 19, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 15, 2010 a press release
Since 2000, "the Texas clean air program achieved a 22 percent reduction in ozone and a 46 percent decrease in NOx emissions."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • June 16, 2010
Republican Party of Texas
Republican Party of Texas
stated on June 4, 2010 an e-mail
"Bill White has a long history of trying to limit or even disenfranchise military voters."
Half-True
June 14, 2010
Tom Mechler
Tom Mechler
stated on May 27, 2010 a press release
"The Democrats have over 20 field agents to our zero."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 4, 2010
Kathy Miller
Kathy Miller
stated on May 18, 2010 an op-ed article
"A Houston school district analysis found that the (State Board of Education) more than quadrupled the number of historical figures students must learn about."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • June 3, 2010
Cathie Adams
Cathie Adams
stated on June 21, 2010 a fundraising letter
"ObamaCare will use your tax dollars to provide free Viagra to convicted rapists and registered sex offenders."
Half-True
June 2, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on May 23, 2010 on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says the Arizona immigration law "expressly bans racial profiling."
Half-True
May 29, 2010
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on May 12, 2010 an interview
"You’ve got almost twice as many cops in New York City as you do on our entire border. That’s nuts."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 21, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 3, 2010 a Web video
"Bill White used D.C. connections from his job in the Clinton administration to form a company that did business in the Middle East and defaulted on a $60 million loan."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 16, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 3, 2010 a Web ad
"The city of Houston now has more debt per capita than California."
Half-True
May 14, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on April 6, 2010 a press release
"The percent of students who enter high school and eventually earn a diploma or equivalent, or who remain in pursuit of a diploma or equivalent, is 90 percent."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 9, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on May 2, 2010 a television ad
Says he cut 'tax rates five times'
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 7, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on April 24, 2010 a radio address
Says the American public "overwhelmingly opposed" Democratic-steered health care plan.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 30, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on April 15, 2010 an interview with The Texas Tribune and Newsweek
"We've got a 1,000 National Guard troop request that's been in front of this president for over a year and no response."
Half-True
April 29, 2010
Lone Star Project
Lone Star Project
stated on April 8, 2010 a press release
"(Pete) Sessions has held at least two fundraisers at adult-themed clubs and made no apologies."
Half-True
April 13, 2010
Rick Green
Rick Green
stated on January 14, 2010 a speech
"As a state rep, I was considered the fourth-most conservative in the Legislature."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 1, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 26, 2010 a press release
"This week liberal Bill White faced an ethics complaint about more than $83,000 he failed to report to the state Ethics Commission."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 31, 2010
Liberty Institute
Liberty Institute
stated on March 29, 2010 a Web site
"An attack on a healthy 22-year-old homosexual man would be more protected under the law than an attack on an eight-year-old child."
Half-True
March 30, 2010
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