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Latest Fact-Checks On Rick Perry

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Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 16, 2011 answer to questions.
Says he did not support the October 2008 legislation to rescue Wall Street firms.
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 21, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 7, 2011 a Republican presidential debate.
"When you look at what we have done over the last decade, we created 1 million jobs in the state of Texas. At the same time, (the rest of) America lost 2.5 million."
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 11, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 7, 2011 a debate at the Reagan Library
"Michael Dukakis created jobs three times faster" than Mitt Romney.
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 8, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 13, 2011 a campaign video on his website
Says the national debt and President Barack Obama's "refusal to control spending led to our nation's credit rating being downgraded for the first time in history."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • August 30, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 18, 2011 a speech.
Says the 2012-13 state budget "leaves $6 billion in a rainy day fund."
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 30, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 14, 2011 a cameo interview.
"Since June 2009, about 48 percent of all the jobs created in America were in Texas."
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 26, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 2, 2011 an interview.
Says neither President Barack Obama nor Mexico President Felipe Calderon "have been on the border to see what's happening to the citizens of Mexico, and for that matter the citizens of Texas."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 4, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 8, 2011 his State of the State address.
Says the state share of Texas public education spending increased 82 percent over the past decade, reaching $20 billion in 2009.
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 3, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 2, 2010 a book
Says some in Congress are trying "to create a separate government for those with a drop of Native Hawaiian blood."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 20, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 4, 2010 on an episode of Fox & Friends
"Since the first of the year, 153 businesses at last count had moved out of California to Texas."
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November 18, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 8, 2010 an interview on The Daily Show
"I had five of my citizens that were killed last week" because of border security problems.
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November 10, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 15, 2010 a television ad
"Houston suffered $1.7 billion in operating losses under Mayor Bill White."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 13, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 28, 2010 an interview
Because of violence spreading from Mexico, "you’ve got bullets hitting the city hall in El Paso. You’ve got bombs exploding in El Paso."
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By W. Gardner Selby • August 5, 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."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • June 16, 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."
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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."
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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."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 9, 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."
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April 29, 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."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 31, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 3, 2010 a Web ad
Texas is the "fastest growing state" with the "most Fortune 500 companies."
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March 8, 2010
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