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Latest Fact-Checks On Greg Abbott

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Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on May 12, 2016 in a speech to the Republican Party of Texas convention in Dallas:
The 2015 Legislature "passed the fewest laws in 20 years."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 3, 2016
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on March 14, 2016 in speaking to reporters:
Texas "had the highest level of turnout than ever before in the primary."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 24, 2016
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on March 14, 2016 in responding to reporters:
"The fact is voter fraud is rampant."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • March 17, 2016
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on January 8, 2016 in a 90-page manifesto decrying federal overreach:
"While states used to have regulatory power over fishing, federal law now regulates down to the tenth of the inch the minimum size of fish that anglers can keep."  
Pants on Fire!
By Dylan Baddour • February 10, 2016
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on December 8, 2015 in a press conference with Sen. Ted Cruz:
Says President Barack Obama "himself has granted waivers allowing into the United States refugees who provided material support to terrorists."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 18, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 17, 2015 in Network TV interview:
In Texas, "we've had three ISIS-related incidents already."
Half-True
By Filipa Ioannou • December 9, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on October 19, 2015 in op-ed in Austin American-Statesman:
"Road congestion costs rush hour drivers in Austin and Dallas more than $1,000 a year. And in Houston, it’s even more -- almost $1,500 a year."
Mostly True
By Fauzeya Rahman • November 24, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 18, 2015 in a tweet:
"8 Syrians caught at Texas border in Laredo."
Mostly False
By Dylan Baddour • November 20, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on October 28, 2015 in a tweet:
"Texas #2 in nation for new gun purchases, behind California."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 6, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 25, 2015 in a tweet:
"After Texas defunded Planned Parenthood, both the unintended pregnancy and abortion rates dropped."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 13, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on June 12, 2015 in a press release:
A Texas law "will repatriate $1 billion of gold bullion from the Federal Reserve in New York to Texas."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 26, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 17, 2015 in his State of the State address:
Dallas "African-American and Hispanic students pass AP exams at a higher rate than any other place in America."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 26, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 22, 2015 in an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation":
"Already this calendar year, since January 1, we have had more than 20,000 people come across the border, apprehended, unauthorized."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 3, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 17, 2015 in an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News:
"22 times Barack Obama said he did not have the authority to implement this type of" anti-deportation "measure. And then the day after he signed this into law, he said, quote, ‘I just changed the law.’"
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 23, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 17, 2014 in his State of the State address:
"Texas has more full-time state employees per capita than California and Illinois."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 20, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 1, 2015 in interview on Fox News Sunday:
Under Common Core standards, it takes "more than a minute" to teach a student "how to add nine plus six."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • February 3, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on December 7, 2014 in an interview on Meet the Press:
"My wife is going to be the first Hispanic first lady in the history of Texas."
True
By Dylan Baddour • December 22, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on October 15, 2014 in a letter to David Feldman, Houston's city attorney:
A lawyer demanded "several Houston pastors hand over to the city government many of their private papers, including their sermons."
True
By Dylan Baddour • October 23, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on September 19, 2014 in a debate in the Rio Grande Valley.:
"I’ve been involved in prosecuting a terrorist member of ISIS."
False
By Dylan Baddour • October 3, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on September 19, 2014 in a debate in the Rio Grande Valley.:
A 2011 measure passed into law with Wendy Davis’ support "removes from the attorney general the ability to settle lawsuits just like" the school funding case.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 30, 2014
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