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Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk
stated on February 24, 2020 a tweet:
“Three Chinese nationals were apprehended trying to cross our Southern border illegally. Each had flu-like symptoms. Border Patrol quickly quarantined them and assessed any threat of coronavirus.”
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • February 28, 2020
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on February 13, 2020 a rally:
Says “black babies die at rates twice as high as white babies because of a lack of access to affordable health care.”
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By Madlin Mekelburg • February 20, 2020
Veronica Escobar
Veronica Escobar
stated on February 4, 2020 a speech:
“House Democrats have passed more than 275 bipartisan bills this Congress."
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By Madlin Mekelburg • February 12, 2020
Henry Cisneros
Henry Cisneros
stated on January 29, 2020 a meeting:
Says San Antonio has “the lowest per capita income of any major Texas city.”
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • February 7, 2020
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on January 4, 2020 a speech:
"We were living outside of Houston and that’s when I found it: a commuter college, 45 minutes away that cost $50 a semester."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • January 17, 2020
Lizzie Pannill Fletcher
Lizzie Pannill Fletcher
stated on November 20, 2019 a tweet:
"In Texas, Latinas make less than $0.45 for every dollar a man makes. That makes us 49th in the nation."
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By Madlin Mekelburg • November 27, 2019
Sid Miller
Sid Miller
stated on November 9, 2019 a Facebook post:
"Confederate veterans were conferred with many of the same benefits of other United States military veterans by Acts of Congress back in 1929 and 1957."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • November 15, 2019
Gina Hinojosa
Gina Hinojosa
stated on September 4, 2019 a press conference:
"You can have an active warrant for your arrest for murder and legally pass a background check system in the state of Texas" to purchase a gun.
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • September 20, 2019
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on June 30, 2019 an interview:
Says Section 1325 of U.S. immigration law was "put into place in 1929, by a segregationist."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • July 12, 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
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.
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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
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
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
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
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
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on August 28, 2018 an online video ad:
Says Beto O’Rourke "voted against" Hurricane Harvey "tax relief."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 29, 2018
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