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Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on January 3, 2016 an interview on Meet the Press
Every "one of the mass shootings except two in America since 1950 have been" in "gun-free zones."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 13, 2016
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on January 3, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"Everywhere that we have more citizens carrying guns, crime is less. There's a study showing that where states have open carry or concealed carry, but particularly open carry, the crime is down 25 percent."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • January 3, 2016
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on October 19, 2015 an interview with Neil Cavuto of Fox News
Planned Parenthood is "nothing more than a referral service. … They don’t do anything except profit from killing babies and then selling body parts of those aborted babies."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • October 22, 2015
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on September 3, 2015 an interview by David Brown, host of the Texas Standard
"100 percent of the crime is committed, in estimate, by about 15 percent of the population."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • October 6, 2015
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on February 25, 2015 an interview on KLBJ AM in Austin
Texas this fiscal year will "have more money in reserve than the other 49 states combined."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • March 5, 2015
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on October 22, 2014 a TV ad, "Better Schools"
Leticia Van de Putte "voted to stop schools from removing teachers convicted of a felony."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 29, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on October 8, 2014 a TV ad
Leticia Van de Putte "opposed putting National Guard troops on the border, would send millions to Central American governments instead and wrote the law giving in-state tuition to illegal immigrants."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 8, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on September 29, 2014 a debate in Austin
Leticia Van de Putte "voted to give illegal immigrants in this country free health care--not emergency health care but total free health care."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 2, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on August 28, 2014 a press release
"As chair of the Senate Education Committee, I led the charge to restore most of the education cuts from last session."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • September 15, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on July 21, 2014 an interview with Laura Ingraham
More people are apprehended after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border a week "than are born in Texas each week."
True
By Philip Jankowski • September 12, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on June 7, 2014 his speech at the state convention of the Republican Party of Texas
"We have a 40 to 50 percent dropout rate in our inner-city schools."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 27, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 28, 2014 a TV ad
Under David Dewhurst’s leadership, the Texas "Senate passed an expansion of in-state tuition and free health care to illegal immigrants."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 15, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 28, 2014 a mailer to voters
"PolitiFact Texas gave" a David Dewhurst TV ad "a ‘Pants-on-Fire’ rating as an outrageous lie."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 1, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 16, 2014 a press release
"David Dewhurst currently owes more than $1 million to vendors for services provided to his 2012 U.S. Senate campaign."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 18, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on January 20, 2014 a debate
On repealing the 17th Amendment
Full Flop
By Sue Owen • February 13, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on October 7, 2013 a video advertisement, "Fight"
I am "the only candidate for lieutenant governor to oppose in-state tuition for illegal immigrants."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 9, 2013
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on August 20, 2013 an interview
On support for Ted Cruz
Half Flip
By W. Gardner Selby • September 6, 2013
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on June 27, 2013 a campaign video
Says the 2014-15 state budget "cut border security and funding to fight criminal gangs."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • August 2, 2013
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 9, 2013 a state Senate committee hearing April 9, 2013
Says 315,000 mostly minority Texas students are enrolled in failing schools.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • April 24, 2013
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on February 21, 2013 Senate Education Committee hearing
Says 100,000 are on waiting list to attend Texas charter schools.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • March 11, 2013
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