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stated on March 25, 2015 an online meme
Says Ted Cruz said, "There is no place for gays or atheists in my America. None. Our Constitution makes that clear."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • April 8, 2015
Sid Miller
Sid Miller
stated on March 10, 2015 a symposium on water hosted by the Texas Tribune
"We have towns in West Texas that are out of water, that are having to truck in water."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 8, 2015
Pete Gallego
Pete Gallego
stated on April 2, 2015 an email blast
"Just two weeks ago, Congressman Hurd quit his post on the House Committee on Small Business saying that he was unable to find the time to serve."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 7, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 23, 2015
"Today roughly half of born-again Christians aren’t voting. They’re staying home."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 30, 2015
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stated on March 26, 2015 an online meme
Says Ted Cruz just flip-flopped about the president needing to be U.S.-born.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • March 27, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 17, 2015 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
Jerry Falwell Jr.
Jerry Falwell Jr.
stated on March 23, 2015 a speech introducing Ted Cruz at Liberty University
Ted Cruz was "the longest-serving solicitor general in the history of Texas."
True
By Alex Wilts • March 25, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 11, 2015 an interview with Hugh Hewitt
"Here, we have Thanksgiving, we have Christmas, we have the 4th of July. Every year in Iran, they celebrate Death to America day."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 13, 2015
George P. Bush
George P. Bush
stated on January 30, 2015 remarks at a "school choice" rally outside the Texas Capitol
A "majority of our students are trapped in" underperforming schools.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 12, 2015
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on February 25, 2015 an interview on KLBJ AM in Austin
Texas this fiscal year will "have more money in reserve than the other 49 states combined."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • March 5, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 27, 2015 a web ad
"At this particular point in time, looking at the field, there’s only one individual that’s ever had the uniform of his country on—and that’s me."
Half-True
By Alex Wilts, W. Gardner Selby • March 4, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 22, 2015 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
Texas Democratic Party
Texas Democratic Party
stated on February 12, 2015 a press release
More than 1 million Texans live without affordable health care because Rick Perry failed to "partner with the Legislature to find a Texas solution to closing the coverage gap."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 1, 2015
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stated on February 7, 2015 a meme supposedly quoting Sheila Jackson Lee
Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas said: ‘Hey, all you wrinkly, white-aged has-beens: It’s time for you to die and let the next generation have your spot on the planet.’
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • February 24, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 17, 2015 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 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
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on January 26, 2015 oped commentary
The Department of Homeland Security is "the only federal department not funded for this entire fiscal year" by Congress.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 18, 2015
Dave Claunch
Dave Claunch
stated on January 14, 2015 a meeting of the West Lake Hills City Council
"Austin has more lobbyists working for it than any other municipality in Texas."
Mostly True
By Alex Wilts • February 16, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 5, 2014 an interview with the Texas Tribune and Washington Post.
"When I came into office, our vaccination rate in Texas was 65 percent. When I left two weeks ago, it was 95 percent."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 12, 2015
Alcee Hastings
Alcee Hastings
stated on February 5, 2015 a telephone interview with CNN
A Texas law says "that you can’t shoot bears out of the second floor of a window."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • February 12, 2015
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