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Latest Fact-Checks On Beto O'Rourke

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Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on October 16, 2018 a debate televised from San Antonio
Says "only one other senator from either party over the last 25 years" has "a worse record on bipartisanship" than Ted Cruz.  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 18, 2018
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on September 29, 2018 at a rally in Austin
Says marijuana is "legal in most states in this country."
Mostly False
By Johnathan Silver • October 5, 2018
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on September 29, 2018 an Austin rally
Says that in Texas, "you can be too gay to adopt" a foster child "who needs a loving home."  
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 4, 2018
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on September 21, 2018 a debate at Southern Methodist University
Says he "did not try to leave the scene of the accident" that led to his arrest for driving while intoxicated.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 25, 2018
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on July 26, 2018 an ad in the Houston Defender
Says "black Americans have 10 times less wealth than white Americans."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 23, 2018
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on March 6, 2018 an interview on HBO's "Real Time With Bill Maher"
"I don’t take a dime of PAC money."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 20, 2018
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on March 16, 2018 remarks on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher"
"Texas is one of the most gerrymandered states in the union."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 16, 2018
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on January 3, 2018 remarks at a stop in Greenville, Texas
Says "precisely zero terrorists, terrorist groups or terror plots have ever been connected with the U.S.-Mexico border to do harm to people within the United States."
False
By Johnathan Silver • May 3, 2018
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on February 24, 2018 a Waco campaign stop
Says "PTA meetings are now being conducted to help parents tell their kids" that if a guy with an AR-15 walks into their classroom, "you are supposed to create as much chaos as you possibly can. They want you to scream and yell and dance around and throw books and just keep moving."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 15, 2018
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on January 8, 2018 a live-streamed campaign video
On requiring young people to perform national service.
Full Flop
By W. Gardner Selby • January 10, 2018
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on August 10, 2017 a Facebook post
Says "the latest polls show us tied neck-and-neck" with Sen. Ted Cruz.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 14, 2017
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on March 31, 2017 a U.S. Senate campaign kickoff event in Dallas
"I’m one of two members of Congress out of 535 that takes no corporate cash, no political action committee money."
Half-True
By Fauzeya Rahman • July 27, 2017
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on March 31, 2017 a U.S. Senate campaign speech
El Paso is the "safest city in the state of Texas, safest city in the United States."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 14, 2017
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on July 13, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
"This president has offered fewer executive actions than almost any other president preceding his presidency in recent history."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • July 13, 2014
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