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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.”
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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."
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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."
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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.
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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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