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Dan Patrick
stated on January 3, 2016 in an interview on Meet the Press:

Every "one of the mass shootings except two in America since 1950 have been" in "gun-free zones."

By W. Gardner Selby • January 13, 2016

Dan Patrick
stated on January 3, 2016 in 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."

By Linda Qiu • January 3, 2016

Dan Patrick
stated on October 19, 2015 in 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."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 22, 2015

Dan Patrick
stated on September 3, 2015 in 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."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 6, 2015

Dan Patrick
stated on February 25, 2015 in an interview on KLBJ AM in Austin:

Texas this fiscal year will "have more money in reserve than the other 49 states combined."

By W. Gardner Selby • March 5, 2015

Dan Patrick
stated on October 22, 2014 in a TV ad, "Better Schools":

Leticia Van de Putte "voted to stop schools from removing teachers convicted of a felony."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 29, 2014

Dan Patrick
stated on October 8, 2014 in 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."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 8, 2014

Dan Patrick
stated on September 29, 2014 in 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."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 2, 2014

Dan Patrick
stated on August 28, 2014 in a press release:

"As chair of the Senate Education Committee, I led the charge to restore most of the education cuts from last session."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 15, 2014

Dan Patrick
stated on July 21, 2014 in 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."

By Philip Jankowski • September 12, 2014

Dan Patrick
stated on June 7, 2014 in 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."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 27, 2014

Dan Patrick
stated on April 28, 2014 in 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."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 15, 2014

Dan Patrick
stated on April 28, 2014 in a mailer to voters:

"PolitiFact Texas gave" a David Dewhurst TV ad "a ‘Pants-on-Fire’ rating as an outrageous lie."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 1, 2014

Dan Patrick
stated on April 16, 2014 in a press release:

"David Dewhurst currently owes more than $1 million to vendors for services provided to his 2012 U.S. Senate campaign."

By W. Gardner Selby • April 18, 2014

Dan Patrick
stated on January 20, 2014 in a debate:

On repealing the 17th Amendment

By Sue Owen • February 13, 2014

Dan Patrick
stated on October 7, 2013 in a video advertisement, "Fight":

I am "the only candidate for lieutenant governor to oppose in-state tuition for illegal immigrants."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 9, 2013

Dan Patrick
stated on August 20, 2013 in an interview:

On support for Ted Cruz

By W. Gardner Selby • September 6, 2013

Dan Patrick
stated on June 27, 2013 in a campaign video:

Says the 2014-15 state budget "cut border security and funding to fight criminal gangs."

By Sue Owen • August 2, 2013

Dan Patrick
stated on April 9, 2013 in a state Senate committee hearing April 9, 2013:

Says 315,000 mostly minority Texas students are enrolled in failing schools.

By Sue Owen • April 24, 2013

Dan Patrick
stated on February 21, 2013 in Senate Education Committee hearing:

Says 100,000 are on waiting list to attend Texas charter schools.

By Sue Owen • March 11, 2013

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