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stated on August 7, 2014 in a meme on social media:
"In 1978, a student who worked a minimum-wage summer job could afford to pay a year's full tuition at the 4-year public university of their choice."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 23, 2014 in an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News:
Says three Ukrainians recently captured on a West Texas ranch are among "individuals from countries that have strong terrorist ties being apprehended" near the state’s border with Mexico.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 31, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on June 7, 2014 in his speech at the state convention of the Republican Party of Texas:
"We have a 40 to 50 percent dropout rate in our inner-city schools."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 27, 2014
Steve King
Steve King
stated on July 10, 2014 in an interview on Fox news:
Says "nothing" in Obama’s $3.7 billion request to address the child immigrant situation "actually secures the border."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • July 14, 2014
Kendall Jones
Kendall Jones
stated on July 2, 2014 in a Facebook post:
"Without the financial resources provided by hunters to protect habitat and stop poachers, there would be no infrastructure for wildlife management."
False
By Linda Qiu • July 11, 2014
Texas Future
Texas Future
stated on May 8, 2014 in a web video:
"One thousand people a day are moving to Texas, which means there will be 15 million more people over the next 25 years."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 22, 2014
Texas Right to Life
Texas Right to Life
stated on May 14, 2014 in a video ad:
In Texas, "a faceless hospital panel can deny life-sustaining care, giving you only 10 days to find another facility for your mother, dad, or young child, even if the patient is conscious."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 30, 2014
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on May 20, 2014 in an interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly:
Surface temperatures on Earth "have stabilized."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 27, 2014
Charles Van Zant
Charles Van Zant
stated on March 22, 2014 in speech in March publicized May 16 by Think Progress:
A company hired to do Common Core testing in Florida will "attract every one of your children to become as homosexual as they possibly can."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • May 20, 2014
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on May 11, 2014 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":
Human activity is not "causing these dramatic changes to our climate."
False
By Julie Kliegman • May 13, 2014
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on May 6, 2014 in a news conference:
Congress used earmarks "for more than 200 years."
Mostly True
By Tim Ryan • May 13, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on May 7, 2014 in a roundtable debate with state Sen. Dan Patrick:
Wendy Davis "was just doing a fund-raiser in Chicago with the international socialists organization."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • May 9, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on May 6, 2014 in a press release:
Wendy Davis raised money for a U.S. House Democrat who is a member of a Democratic socialists group.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • May 9, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on May 2, 2014 in a newsletter:
"For every Kentuckian that has enrolled in Obamacare, 40 have been dropped from their coverage."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • May 5, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on April 22, 2014 in an online post:
"Under Greg Abbott, Texas four-year-olds would be forced to undergo standardized tests."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 1, 2014
Texas Right to Life
Texas Right to Life
stated on March 21, 2014 in an email blast:
"In 2005, Dan Branch tried to expand third-trimester abortions in Texas."
False
By Sue Owen • April 24, 2014
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on April 17, 2014 in a speech:
"In the last couple of days, notices were sent (by officials in Ukraine) to Jews in one city indicating that they had to identify themselves as Jews."
False
By Julie Kliegman • April 18, 2014
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on March 26, 2014 in a campaign ad:
Says the Koch brothers "funded the fight to let flood insurance premiums soar ... Now they’re spending millions to buy a Senate seat for Bill Cassidy so he can fight for them."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 8, 2014
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on December 26, 2013 in a Facebook post:
"Nine out of the 10 poorest states are Red states."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 28, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 20, 2014 in a speech in Orlando:
"Our high school graduation rate is the highest on record."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • March 26, 2014
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