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Latest Fact-Checks On Rick Perry

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Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 25, 2013 in a press release:
Says Texas law requires state agencies to give preference to goods produced and grown in Texas.
True
By Sue Owen • June 12, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 17, 2013 in a press release:
Says 13 Texas universities "have announced or implemented a $10,000 degree."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • May 31, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 6, 2013 in video remarks to the Family Research Council:
Says Sam Houston opposed slavery and as governor said Texas should not leave the union over slavery.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • May 22, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 9, 2013 in an advertisement:
"Over the last 10 years, Texas created 33 percent of the net new jobs nationwide."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 9, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on April 5, 2013 in an interview on CNN.:
Says he has "yet to get a response" from Barack Obama to his August 2010 letter making border security requests.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • April 25, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 14, 2013 in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference:
Says Obama called Medicaid "broken" four years ago.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • April 9, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on April 1, 2013 in a press release jointly issued with U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz.:
"Only three in 10 Texas doctors are currently accepting new Medicaid patients."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 1, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 22, 2013 in remarks at a Washington, D.C. event.:
Says Houston is "home to more doctors, more nurses, more researchers than any other place in the world."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 21, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 29, 2013 in his State of the State address.:
Says Texas high school "graduation rates are at an all-time high—the third-highest in the nation—which represents a significant turnaround from just a few short years ago."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 11, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 9, 2013 in a press conference.:
Says Texas public school funding grew three times the rate of enrollment from 2002 to 2012.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 16, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 1, 2012 in a press conference.:
Says fewer than 30 percent of Texas college students graduate in four years and only 58 percent graduate within six years.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 19, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 21, 2012 in a tweet.:
Says Barack Obama has added $16 trillion to the national debt.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 25, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 7, 2012 in a speech to the Republican Party of Texas convention in Fort Worth.:
Barack Obama has "provided guns to Mexican drug cartels."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 18, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 7, 2012 in a speech to the Republican Party of Texas convention in Fort Worth.:
Says Barack Obama has played nearly 100 rounds of golf as president.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 8, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 16, 2012 in a Fox News interview.:
Says you need a photo ID to purchase Sudafed in Texas.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 28, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 15, 2012 in a tweet:
Says that in fiscal year 2010, "nearly 80 percent of women served" in the Texas Women’s Health Program received services from a provider other than a Planned Parenthood clinic.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 23, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 26, 2012 in an interview posted online by WFAA-TV in Dallas:
"A hundred percent of all the jobs lost during the recession have been reclaimed in Texas … while the nation is at about 36 percent."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 11, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 18, 2011 in a presidential campaign stop in Decorah, Iowa:
Says there’s no proven instance where hydraulic fracking has polluted groundwater.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • February 29, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 18, 2012 in a South Carolina forum.:
Says he signed legislation leading to 12 Texas abortion clinics being closed.
Mostly False
By Katie Glueck • February 10, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 8, 2012 in a Republican debate in New Hampshire.:
Says President Barack Obama "is a socialist."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Adair • January 8, 2012
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