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Latest Fact-Checks In Texas

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Pete Gallego
Pete Gallego
stated on October 4, 2016 a TV ad pointed out to PolitiFact Texas
Says Will Hurd said a border-long U.S.-Mexico wall "absolutely makes sense."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 7, 2016
Cocks Not Glocks
Cocks Not Glocks
stated on August 24, 2016 a Cocks not Glocks call to protest on Facebook
"You would receive a citation for taking a dildo to class" at the University of Texas.
Half-True
By Dylan Baddour • October 7, 2016
Dan Flynn
Dan Flynn
stated on September 13, 2016 a letter to state health officials
"Not one illness has been reported from raw milk in" Texas "in more than four years. A total of six illnesses have occurred in the last 20 years."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 29, 2016
Tom DeLay
Tom DeLay
stated on September 1, 2016 an interview on MSNBC
Says most illegal immigrants draw "welfare benefits, they’re sending their kids to school, they’re using the public services."
Half-True
By Dylan Baddour • September 28, 2016
Paul Bettencourt
Paul Bettencourt
stated on August 24, 2016 a press release
Says a change in law he carried stopped a $100 million tax increase in the Dallas school district.  
True
By Bobby Cervantes • September 23, 2016
Sylvester Turner
Sylvester Turner
stated on July 26, 2016 a tweet announcing new display signage at airports and Houston's City Hall
"Welcome to #Houston, the most #diverse city in #America."
Mostly True
By Fauzeya Rahman • September 23, 2016
Charley Wilkison
Charley Wilkison
stated on July 15, 2016 an interview with Laura Rice for the Texas Standard
"Texas has lost the most law enforcement officers in the line of duty of any state in America."
True
By Rye Druzin • September 19, 2016
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 30, 2016 a tweet
"If Texas were a country our economy would rank # 10...in the WORLD."  
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 15, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on September 8, 2016 Senate floor remarks
"If Congress fails to act, the Obama administration intends to give away control of the internet to an international body akin to the United Nations."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 14, 2016
Donna Howard
Donna Howard
stated on August 23, 2016 a press conference by Austin Democrats
Child care costs "in some states now exceed the average price tag for college tuition."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 2, 2016
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on August 23, 2016 a slide presented on Hannity’s show during an Austin interview of Donald Trump
Says that in 2015, "illegal" immigrants accounted for 75 percent of federal drug possession convictions and 5 percent to 30 percent of convictions for murder and kidnapping plus two other crimes.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 2, 2016
James Woods
James Woods
stated on August 27, 2016 a tweet
"The Dallas Cowboys can’t put a sticker on their helmets for the 5 police officers who were killed."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 1, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 1, 2016 x
Says Alex Jones "said that the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre were child actors and no one was actually killed there."
True
By Dylan Baddour, W. Gardner Selby • September 1, 2016
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on August 23, 2016 while interviewing Donald Trump in Austin
"All of Texas is conservative, except a little bit of Austin."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 26, 2016
Lisa Moore
Lisa Moore
stated on August 7, 2016 an interview for NPR's "All Things Considered"
Says there are "concrete examples" of University of Texas job applicants or prospective applicants and students as well as invited speakers changing their minds because of handguns being allowed in campus buildings and classrooms.
True
By Eleanor Dearman, W. Gardner Selby • August 26, 2016
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on July 19, 2016 remarks to the Texas delegation to the Republican National Convention
"One third of all federal prisoners today are illegal immigrants."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 25, 2016
Celia Israel
Celia Israel
stated on August 23, 2016 a press conference by Austin Democrats
Says Donald Trump’s "Make America Great Again" caps are "made in China."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • August 24, 2016
Joaquin Castro
Joaquin Castro
stated on August 10, 2016 a tweet about Carol Everett of the Heidi Group
Says the director of an anti-abortion group receiving a Texas grant to provide women’s health services "believes HIV can be spread through the sewer system."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2016
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on June 17, 2016 comments at Texas Democratic Party convention
"Today California is kicking our butt, creating more jobs and more economic growth than Texas."
True
By Emma Hinchliffe, W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2016
Baker Harrell
Baker Harrell
stated on August 15, 2016 an interview with the Texas Tribune
"Seventy percent of all Texans are overweight or obese."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2016
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