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Anonymous Caller
stated on April 10, 2018 an anonymous phone message

Says that unless the recipient called back about "your tax filings," you "will be taken into custody by the local cops as there are more serious allegations pressed on your name."

By W. Gardner Selby • April 11, 2018

Mike Pence
stated on February 17, 2018 a speech in Dallas

Says that "along the southern border of the U.S.," the government apprehends "seven individuals a day who are either known or suspected terrorists."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 21, 2018

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

Ken Paxton
stated on September 5, 2017 a press release

"President Obama used" his DACA order "to unilaterally confer U.S. citizenship."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 15, 2017

Pete Olson
stated on June 9, 2017 a radio interview brought to light June 20, 2017

Says that Bill Clinton "basically" told then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch in 2016 that "we killed Vince Foster."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 5, 2017

Dan Patrick
stated on May 17, 2017 remarks to reporters

Says Texas tax legislation would "save the average homeowner in Texas $20,000 a year over the next 20 years or so."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 23, 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

Bloggers
stated on May 13, 2017 a web post

Say Lance Armstrong is dead.

By W. Gardner Selby • May 15, 2017

Bloggers
stated on May 2, 2017 a web post on ihavethetruth.com

A University of Texas "student pulled out a concealed handgun" on a knife-wielding suspect "and made him back down."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 10, 2017

Bloggers
stated on March 27, 2017 a web post flagged by Facebook

Says extras are needed to portray aliens in a Star Wars movie being shot near Rosenberg, Texas.

By W. Gardner Selby • April 2, 2017

Liberal Blogger
stated on February 11, 2017 a web post

Says a Republican U.S. House member from Texas, Rob McCaskill, tweeted that he "can’t wait for the next 9/11."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 15, 2017

If You Only News
stated on December 4, 2016 a news-entertainment web post

"Emboldened by election, Texas Republicans kill Medicaid funding for kids with disabilities."

By W. Gardner Selby • December 21, 2016

Sheri Gallo
stated on November 29, 2016 a mailer to voters

Alison Alter "got an F in attendance in 2016" as an Austin parks board member "and was removed by a unanimous vote of the Austin City Council."

By Nolan Hicks • December 3, 2016

Progress Texas
stated on September 20, 2016 a blog post

"Donald Trump's education plan to dramatically slash funding for public education would fire 49,000 Texas teachers."

By Fauzeya Rahman • October 20, 2016

Celia Israel
stated on August 23, 2016 a press conference by Austin Democrats

Says Donald Trump’s "Make America Great Again" caps are "made in China."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 24, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 22, 2016 a campaign rally in Cleveland

Says Ted Cruz "never denied" his father was photographed with Lee Harvey Oswald.

By Dylan Baddour • July 22, 2016

Greg Abbott
stated on May 12, 2016 addressing the Republican Party of Texas state convention

"ISIS is running through a border made porous by Barack Obama’s policies."

By Dylan Baddour • June 17, 2016

Steve Adler
stated on May 17, 2016 a panel discussion in Austin

"The first tweet was sent from Austin."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 20, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on March 28, 2016 a campaign email

"The Obama administration has even joined Islamist governments in sponsoring a U.N. resolution that would shred our First Amendment by threatening to make discussion of radical Islamism potentially illegal."

By Emma Hinchliffe • May 9, 2016

Jerry Jones
stated on March 22, 2016 remarks to reporters at NFL annual meeting

Says it’s "absurd" to say there’s enough data to establish a link between playing football and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.

By W. Gardner Selby • April 22, 2016

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