Fact Check Posts – Page 3

Dan Patrick
stated on January 4, 2018 a Facebook post

Says "566,000 crimes" were "made in Texas by criminal aliens in the last 6 years."

By W. Gardner Selby • January 25, 2018

Brad Schimel
stated on April 9, 2017 a TV interview

There is no ‘backlog’ of untested rape kits in Wisconsin.

By Eric Litke • May 19, 2017

Greg Abbott
stated on May 7, 2017 a statement before signing Senate Bill 4 into law over a Facebook Live

Says Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez "declared that she would not detain known criminals accused of violent crimes."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 18, 2017

Dan Forest
stated on February 14, 2017 a written statement

"If Governor Cooper's proposed bill for repealing HB2 becomes law, it will create a state-sanctioned 'Look But Don't Touch' policy in our bathrooms."

By Will Doran • February 17, 2017

Travis Allen
stated on December 29, 2016 in an op-ed

"Beginning on Jan. 1, prostitution by minors will be legal in California."

By Chris Nichols • January 4, 2017

Conservative Daily Post
stated on November 1, 2016 a posting on the Internet

"FBI confirms evidence of huge underground Clinton sex network."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 4, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 29, 2016 a tweet

"Inner-city crime is reaching record levels."

By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2016

William Johnson
stated on July 8, 2016 an interview on Fox News

"Condemning violence against the police and urging support for the police" is "markedly absent" from President Barack Obama’s public remarks.

By Adam Thorp • July 12, 2016

Viral image
stated on July 6, 2016 a posting on Twitter

Says Attorney General Loretta Lynch "was a member of Bill Clinton's defense team during the 1992 Whitewater corruption probe."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 8, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 7, 2016 a speech after several primaries concluded

"Crime is rising."

By Louis Jacobson • June 9, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on May 20, 2016 a speech to the National Rifle Association

It "is Hillary Clinton's agenda" to "release the violent criminals from jail. She wants them all released."

By Louis Jacobson • May 26, 2016

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."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 6, 2015

Garnet Coleman
stated on May 6, 2015 a committee hearing

"Transgender individuals in the U.S. have a 1-in-12 chance of being murdered."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 13, 2015

Rudy Giuliani
stated on December 21, 2014 an interview on Fox News

Says President Barack Obama has said "that everybody should hate the police."

By Lauren Carroll • December 23, 2014

Chain email
stated on December 2, 2014 a chain email

Says a man in Ferguson, Mo., was photographed holding a sign that said, "No mother should have to fear for her son's life every time he robs a store."

By Louis Jacobson • December 4, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on December 2, 2014 a meme on social media

"794 law enforcement officers have fallen in the line of duty since B.H. Obama took office, with no special recognition from the White House."

By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2014

Mike Martinez
stated on November 11, 2014 an interview for a news story

Austin mayoral candidate Steve Adler has "never been active in anything that has to do with City Hall."

By W. Gardner Selby • November 20, 2014

Breitbart
stated on November 8, 2014 a story

Loretta Lynch, the new nominee for attorney general, "was a member of Bill Clinton's defense team during the 1992 Whitewater corruption probe."

By Aaron Sharockman • November 10, 2014

Leticia Van de Putte
stated on October 15, 2014 a video ad

"In 2013," Dan Patrick voted "against funding to test the backlog of rape kits, allowing rapists to walk free."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 17, 2014

Mark Begich
stated on August 29, 2014 a campaign ad

Says Dan Sullivan approved a "light sentence" for a sex offender who got out of prison and is now charged with a gruesome murder and sexual assault.

By Lauren Carroll • September 3, 2014

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