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Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on March 14, 2019 a campaign stop in Iowa:
"Nearly half of public school teachers in Texas are working a second or a third job, not for kicks, not for extra spending cash, but just to make ends meet."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • March 19, 2019
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on March 10, 2019 in a TV ad:
Says Beto O’Rourke did his father-in-law’s "bidding on the El Paso City Council, pushing a downtown redevelopment scheme to bulldoze a poor Hispanic neighborhood while enriching developers like his father-in-law."
Half-True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 14, 2019
Joaquin Castro
Joaquin Castro
stated on February 25, 2019 a news conference:
"Most people in my home state of Texas disagree with the president building a wall across our border."
Half-True
By Madlin Mekelburg • February 26, 2019
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on October 16, 2018 a Senate debate:
With the Republican-backed tax cut, "we’re seeing the result, and to date, federal tax revenues have gone up."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 19, 2018
Alexander Strenger
Alexander Strenger
stated on October 1, 2018 response cited in an interactive voter guide:
Says 60 percent of Austin’s "waterways are found to be contaminated with fecal matter and deemed unsafe to swim."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 16, 2018
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on September 29, 2018 an Austin rally:
Says that in Texas, "you can be too gay to adopt" a foster child "who needs a loving home."  
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 4, 2018
Steve McCraw
Steve McCraw
stated on April 18, 2018 testimony to a Texas House panel:
Says the term "illegal alien" is "a legal term, it’s in statute, it’s a federal term."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 9, 2018
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on April 2, 2018 a campaign fundraising letter:
Says George Soros has "unloaded a whopping $1 million to install his liberal puppets in positions of power" in Texas this fall.
Half-True
By Jasper Scherer, W. Gardner Selby • May 2, 2018
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 11, 2018 a commentary on the Fox News website:
Says Facebook shut down a "Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 23, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 1, 2018 a tweet:
Says caravans of people are coming to cross the Mexico-U.S. border.  
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 2, 2018
Scott Milder
Scott Milder
stated on February 6, 2018 a statement posted on Milder's campaign website:
"In the 1980s, the state funded 68% of school expenses, and now the state’s share is 38%."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 16, 2018
Andrew White
Andrew White
stated on January 26, 2018 a claim to David Martin Davies of Texas Public Radio:
"There’s a large number of schools in Texas that don’t even offer sex education."  
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 14, 2018
Southwest Farm Press
Southwest Farm Press
stated on January 22, 2018 a news story:
"Texas is home to more feral pigs than any other state — an estimated 50 percent to 75 percent of all feral swine in the nation."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 1, 2018
Paul Sperry
Paul Sperry
stated on January 13, 2018 a commentary:
Says border fencing finished near El Paso in 2010 dramatically curtailed illegal crossings, local crime and drug smuggling.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 22, 2018
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on December 19, 2017 Senate floor debate of federal tax legislation:
"Every taxpayer, their taxes are going down, except rich people in Manhattan and San Francisco. Some of them, their taxes may go up."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 5, 2018
Lupe Valdez
Lupe Valdez
stated on July 31, 2017 a Dallas Morning News news story:
Says Texas Department of Public Safety numbers show that 1.6 percent of crime is committed by unauthorized immigrants.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 22, 2017
Mike Collier
Mike Collier
stated on October 31, 2017 an email blast:
"Earlier this year, Dan Patrick and Republican leadership snatched millions of dollars in benefits from retired teachers."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 18, 2017
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on October 31, 2017 an interview by Fox News:
Says the New York bike path assault "was the ninth vehicle assault used by ISIS."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 10, 2017
Charlie Geren
Charlie Geren
stated on September 18, 2017 a tweet:
"Less than half of Texans ages 18-24 are registered to vote."
Half-True
By Jasper Scherer • October 26, 2017
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on September 30, 2017 House floor remarks:
Says "80 percent of the tax breaks in" President Donald Trump’s tax-cut "proposal go to the top 1 percent, that is, people making more than $730,000 a year."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 20, 2017
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