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Dan Patrick
stated on January 4, 2018 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 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 in 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 in a tweet:

"Inner-city crime is reaching record levels."

By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2016

William Johnson
stated on July 8, 2016 in 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 in 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 in a speech after several primaries concluded:

"Crime is rising."

By Louis Jacobson • June 9, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on May 20, 2016 in 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 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

Garnet Coleman
stated on May 6, 2015 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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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