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Latest Fact-Checks By Meghan Ashford-Grooms

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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."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • August 30, 2011
Susan Combs
Susan Combs
stated on August 3, 2011 an interview
On abortion.
Full Flop
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • August 21, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 18, 2011 remarks during a campaign stop in New Hampshire
"In Texas, we teach both creationism and evolution in our public schools."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby • August 19, 2011
Progress Texas
Progress Texas
stated on July 5, 2011 a statement for Twitter
"Rick Perry ended full-day Pre-K for 100,000 Texas children."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • August 5, 2011
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on June 29, 2011 an interview with CNBC
"The only growth sector that we’ve had in the last two years in America is government growth."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • July 22, 2011
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on July 5, 2011 a Twitter message.
Says President Barack Obama’s "own economists say the stimulus cost $278K per job ‘created.’ "
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby • July 20, 2011
Eddie Rodriguez
Eddie Rodriguez
stated on June 22, 2011 remarks to the Central Texas Democratic Forum
"We’re losing almost 6,000 state jobs."
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • July 9, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 12, 2011 a speech in Los Angeles
Says President Barack Obama’s overturning of the Mexico City Policy means federal tax dollars can be used "to fund abortion all over the world."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • July 1, 2011
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on June 15, 2011 a press release
Says Rick Perry of Texas was "the governor who relied most on stimulus funds to close his state’s budget deficit in 2010."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • June 25, 2011
Texas House Democratic Caucus
Texas House Democratic Caucus
stated on May 18, 2011 a press release
"Some neighborhood schools are closing."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • June 2, 2011
Texas Public Policy Foundation
Texas Public Policy Foundation
stated on April 25, 2011 a television ad that ran through May 20
Says that in the last five years, Texas "created more jobs than all other states combined."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 29, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on May 5, 2011 a presidential debate
"The Arab and the Muslim nations get twice as much money as Israel."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 21, 2011
Steve Ogden
Steve Ogden
stated on April 5, 2011 comments to reporters on Texas Senate floor
Says businesses "already pay most of the taxes."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 15, 2011
Leo Berman
Leo Berman
stated on April 27, 2011 a Texas Tribune article
Says the hospital listed on Barack Obama’s just-publicized long-form birth certificate denies the president was born there.
Pants on Fire!
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 27, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 18, 2011 an interview
"Gov. (Rick) Perry helped balance his budget with about $6 billion worth of federal help, which he happily took, and then started blaming the members of Congress who had offered that help."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 24, 2011
Jim Keffer
Jim Keffer
stated on April 3, 2011 House floor remarks
"The costs of cancer and all affiliated issues are over $20 billion a year to this state."
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 18, 2011
Stefani Carter
Stefani Carter
stated on February 16, 2011
Says the Beaumont school district’s superintendent is the highest-paid in the state.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 11, 2011
Jimmie Don Aycock
Jimmie Don Aycock
stated on March 31, 2011 remarks on the floor of the Texas House
"Some of the colleges, including A&M, have already guaranteed that they will not increase their tuition."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 4, 2011
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on March 9, 2011 a hearing
Says that during the first 19 months of the Obama administration, the U.S. detained people from nations designated as state sponsors of terrorism on the southwestern border.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 1, 2011
Gail Collins
Gail Collins
stated on February 16, 2011 a column
Gov. Rick Perry "used $3.2 billion in stimulus dollars for schools to plug other holes in his budget."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 16, 2011
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