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Mark Green
Mark Green
stated on January 3, 2024 A news conference
Says FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress “that with the border wide open and a war in Israel, Hamas can just walk right in.”
False
By Sarah Bahari • January 8, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on December 13, 2023 an Instagram post
“Texas Children’s Hospital pediatric clinics announce they will no longer treat unvaccinated children.”
False
By Sara Swann • December 19, 2023
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 6, 2023 An interview on CNBC
“We produce a lot more wind energy in Texas than California does.”
True
By Sarah Bahari • November 14, 2023
Randi Weingarten
Randi Weingarten
stated on September 20, 2023 an X post
"Texas teacher fired for reading Diary of Anne Frank to class.”
Half-True
September 22, 2023
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on August 30, 2023 A post on X.
"(President Joe) Biden is trying to limit you to two beers per week.”
False
By Sarah Bahari • September 1, 2023
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on July 3, 2023 un video en TikTok
"Tejas, Florida y otros estados acaban de anunciar que le darán papeles a todos los inmigrantes indocumentados".
False
By Maria Briceño • July 12, 2023
Sid Miller
Sid Miller
stated on June 25, 2023 a Facebook post
Garth Brooks played to a “half-empty arena” in Illinois.
Pants on Fire!
By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa • June 30, 2023
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on May 17, 2023 a speech at the Hudson Institute
Barack Obama said that Iran has a “right” to nuclear technology, including weapons.
Mostly False
By Sarah Bahari • June 13, 2023
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on June 1, 2023 a TikTok
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was “caught on tape saying he discarded 2.5 million mail-in ballots in Texas.”
False
By Sara Swann • June 6, 2023
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on May 7, 2023 a tweet
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott “cut $211 million in mental health funding.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Sarah Bahari • May 9, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 2, 2023 a Facebook post
“Texas Republicans just voted to give a Republican appointee the power to single-handedly CANCEL election results in the state’s largest Democratic county.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • May 4, 2023
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on April 5, 2023 a tweet
“Fentanyl is the leading cause of death for Americans 18-45.”
Mostly True
By Aarón Torres • April 24, 2023
Brandon Creighton
Brandon Creighton
stated on March 19, 2023 Interview with WFAA
When discussing education savings accounts, "We would be 31st in the nation to have these policies going forward on behalf of kids.”
Half-True
By Aarón Torres • March 30, 2023
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 16, 2023 the State of the State speech
"Businesses large and small have led Texas to be ranked the number one state for business every year that I’ve been governor."
Half-True
By Aarón Torres • March 20, 2023
Morgan Luttrell
Morgan Luttrell
stated on January 10, 2023 a tweet
"Energy costs are the highest in 15 years."
Mostly True
By Nusaiba Mizan • February 16, 2023
Sawyer Hackett
Sawyer Hackett
stated on January 16, 2023 a tweet
Gov. Abbott “signed a bill last year eliminating the requirements for Texas schools to teach MLK’s ‘I have a dream’ speech.”
Half-True
By Nusaiba Mizan • February 14, 2023
Chip Roy
Chip Roy
stated on January 23, 2023 a tweet
"Under Biden, we have seen over 4.6 million encounters at our southern border. Most have been released into the interior and will stay here indefinitely."
Half-True
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • February 3, 2023
Morgan Luttrell
Morgan Luttrell
stated on January 10, 2023 a tweet
"Biden drained America's Strategic Petroleum Reserves to the lowest level since 1984."
True
By Nusaiba Mizan • January 19, 2023
Kevin Brady
Kevin Brady
stated on December 8, 2022 a statement
Joe Biden’s $36 billion for a union pension fund is “the largest private pension bailout in American history.”
True
December 14, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 13, 2022 a post
Footage shows Dallas pollbooks fraudulently “adding hundreds of voters in real time as the poll was being closed.”
False
November 16, 2022
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